Song of Songs 6:13

“Return, 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!”

Song of Songs 6:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Song of Songs 6:13, word by word

Returnשׁוּבִיshuvi

return

To go back to a place.

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Shulammiteשּׁוּלַמִּיתshulamit

Shulammite

The Shulammite: the woman of Shulem (or "the one of Solomon").

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that we may gaze on youנֶחֱזֶהnecheze

gaze

To fix one's gaze on something or someone, behold it.

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Like the danceמְחֹלַתmecholat

dance

Dance in a ring.

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of the two campsמַּחֲנָיִםmachanayim

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

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Translation note

“Shulammite”: the woman from Shulem, or the woman of Solomon. “The two camps” (מַחֲנָיִם) is also the name of the place called Mahanaim. In the Hebrew text this verse is the first of chapter 7.

The context

12I did not know; my soul set me in the chariots of my noble people.

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