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Untilעַד שֶׁthe dayהַיּוֹםbreathesיָּפוּחַand the shadowsוְ הַצְּלָלִיםflee,נָסוּI will goאֵלֶךְ לִיto the mountainאֶל הַרof myrrhהַמּוֹרand to the hillוְאֶל גִּבְעַתof frankincense.הַלְּבוֹנָה
Song of Songs 4:6
Study it in the app“Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 4:6, word by word
- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- breathesיָּפוּחַyafuach
blow
To blow air out forcefully, like the wind or the breath of God.
Where else “yafuach” appears- and the shadowsצְּלָלִיםtselalim
shade
Shade.
Where else “tselalim” appears- fleeנָסוּnasu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasu” appears- I will goאֵלֶךְelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “elech” appears- to the mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- of myrrhמּוֹרmor
myrrh
Myrrh: an aromatic, bitter resin from a shrub.
Where else “mor” appears- and to the hillגִּבְעַתgivat
hill
Hill.
Where else “givat” appears- of frankincenseלְּבוֹנָהlevona
frankincense
Frankincense: a white resin that gives off sweet-smelling smoke when burned.
Where else “levona” appears
The context
5Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that graze among the lilies.
6 · This verse (above)
7You are all beautiful, my companion, and there is no defect in you.