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I did notלֹאknow;יָדַעְתִּיmy soulנַפְשִׁיset meשָׂמַתְנִיin the chariotsמַרְכְּבוֹתof my nobleנָדִיבpeople.עַמִּי
Song of Songs 6:12
Study it in the app“I did not know; my soul set me in the chariots of my noble people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 6:12, word by word
- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- set meשָׂמַתְsamat
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samat” appears- in the chariotsמַרְכְּבוֹתmarkvot
chariot
Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.
Where else “markvot” appears- of my nobleנָדִיבnadiv
noble
A man of rank who governs or decides; the prince of a people.
Where else “nadiv” appears- peopleעַמִּami
people
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of this verse is very obscure; “my noble people” (עַמִּי נָדִיב) can also be read as a name: “Amminadib.”
The context
11To the garden of walnut trees I went down to see the green shoots of the valley, to see whether the vine had blossomed, whether the pomegranates had budded.
12 · This verse (above)
13Return, return, Shulammite; return, return, that we may gaze on you. What will you gaze at in the Shulammite? Like the dance of the two camps!