Study it in the app“I have come to my garden, my sister, bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, companions; drink, and be drunk with love!”
I have comeבָּאתִיto my garden,לְגַנִּיmy sister,אֲחֹתִיbride;כַלָּהI have gatheredאָרִיתִיmy myrrhמוֹרִיwith my balsam;עִם בְּשָׂמִיI have eatenאָכַלְתִּיmy honeycombיַעְרִיwith my honey;עִם דִּבְשִׁיI have drunkשָׁתִיתִיmy wineיֵינִיwith my milk.עִם חֲלָבִיEat,אִכְלוּcompanions;רֵעִיםdrink,שְׁתוּand be drunkוְשִׁכְרוּwith love!דּוֹדִים
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bati” appearsgarden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gani” appearssister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achoti” appearsbride
A woman newly married.
Where else “chala” appearspluck, gather
To pluck, to gather fruit; to pick grapes.
Where else “ariti” appearsmyrrh
Myrrh: an aromatic, bitter resin from a shrub.
Where else “mori” appearsbalsam
Balsam, an aromatic plant.
Where else “besami” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achalti” appearshoneycomb
Another word spelled the same: the bees' wax cells full of sweet nectar.
Where else “yari” appearshoney
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “divshi” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shatiti” appearswine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yeni” appearsmilk
Milk.
Where else “chalavi” appearscompanion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “reim” appearsget drunk
To drink until senseless.
Where else “shichru” appearslove
The caresses of lovers.
Where else “dodim” appears“With love” (דּוֹדִים) can also be understood as “beloved ones”: “be drunk, beloved ones.”
1 · This verse (above)
2I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved knocking! “Open to me, my sister, my companion, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is filled with dew, my curls with the drops of the night.”
