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KingהַמֶּלֶךְSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהmadeעָשָׂהfor himselfלוֹa palanquinאַפִּרְיוֹןfrom the treesמֵעֲצֵיof Lebanon.הַלְּבָנוֹן
Song of Songs 3:9
Study it in the app“King Solomon made for himself a palanquin from the trees of Lebanon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 3:9, word by word
- Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- a palanquinאַפִּרְיוֹןapiryon
carriage
A carriage, a litter carried on poles.
Where else “apiryon” appears- from the treesעֲצֵיatse
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “atse” appears- of Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
8All of them holding the sword, trained in war, each with his sword at his thigh because of dread in the nights.
9 · This verse (above)
10Its pillars he made of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple, its interior embroidered with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.