Study it in the app“I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had slipped away, had gone on; my soul went out when he spoke; I sought him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.”
Iאֲנִיopenedפָּתַחְתִּיto my beloved,לְדוֹדִיbut my belovedוְדוֹדִיhad slipped away,חָמַקhad gone on;עָבָרmy soulנַפְשִׁיwent outיָצְאָהwhen he spoke;בְדַבְּרוֹI sought himבִּקַּשְׁתִּיהוּbut did notוְלֹאfind him;מְצָאתִיהוּI called himקְרָאתִיוbut he did notוְלֹאanswer me.עָנָנִי
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “patachti” appearsbeloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appearsslip away
To turn and be gone.
Where else “chamak” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabr” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “bikashti” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsati” appearsname
To give someone a name.
Where else “kerati” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “ana” appears5I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped myrrh, and my fingers myrrh that flows, on the handles of the bolt.
6 · This verse (above)
7The watchmen who go around in the city found me; they struck me, they wounded me; they took away my mantle from me, the watchmen of the walls.
