Song of Songs 5:3

“I have taken off my tunic; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I soil them?”

Song of Songs 5:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Song of Songs 5:3, word by word

I have taken offפָּשַׁטְתִּיpashatti

strip

To take off clothes, or strip another.

Where else “pashatti” appears
my tunicכֻּתָּנְתִּkutanti

tunic, robe

Tunic, robe: a long garment covering the body.

Where else “kutanti” appears
shall I put it onאֶלְבָּשֶׁelbashe

put on

To cover the body with clothes: to put on what one is to wear.

Where else “elbashe” appears
I have washedרָחַצְתִּיrachatsti

wash

Wash; wash oneself, bathe.

Where else “rachatsti” appears
my feetרַגְלַragla

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

Where else “ragla” appears
shall I soil themאֲטַנְּפֵatanfe

soil

To soil, to make dirty.

Where else “atanfe” appears

The context

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.”

3 · This verse (above)

4My beloved put his hand through the hole, and my insides were stirred for him.

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