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I make you swear,הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶםdaughtersבְּנוֹתof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםifאִםyou findתִּמְצְאוּmy beloved,אֶת דּוֹדִיwhatמַהwill you tellתַּגִּידוּhim?לוֹThatשֶׁI amאָנִיsickחוֹלַתwith love.אַהֲבָה
Song of Songs 5:8
Study it in the app“I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? That I am sick with love.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 5:8, word by word
- I make you swearהִשְׁבַּעְתִּיhishbati
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishbati” appears- daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- you findתִּמְצְאוּtimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “timtsu” appears- my belovedדּוֹדִdodi
beloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appears- will you tellתַּגִּידוּtagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “tagidu” appears- sickחוֹלַתcholat
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “cholat” appears- with loveאַהֲבָהahava
love
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahava” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
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.
8 · This verse (above)
9What is your beloved more than another beloved, beautiful one among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that thus you make us swear?