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My belovedדּוֹדִיhas gone downיָרַדto his garden,לְגַנּוֹto the garden bedsלַעֲרוּגוֹתof balsam,הַבֹּשֶׂםto pastureלִרְעוֹתin the gardensבַּגַּנִּיםand to gatherוְלִלְקֹטlilies.שׁוֹשַׁנִּים
Song of Songs 6:2
Study it in the app“My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the garden beds of balsam, to pasture in the gardens and to gather lilies.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 6:2, word by word
- My belovedדּוֹדִdodi
beloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appears- has gone downיָרַדyarad
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yarad” appears- to his gardenגַנּgan
garden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gan” appears- to the garden bedsעֲרוּגוֹתarugot
bed (of a garden)
A raised bed in a garden.
Where else “arugot” appears- of balsamבֹּשֶׂםbosem
spice, balsam
Spices with a pleasing smell; balsam.
Where else “bosem” appears- to pastureרְעוֹתreot
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “reot” appears- and to gatherלְקֹטlekot
gather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “lekot” appears- liliesשׁוֹשַׁנִּיםshoshanim
lily
Lily: a white flower. In the temple, an ornament shaped like a lily on capitals and rims. Also the name of a tune in the titles of psalms, and of the city of Susa.
Where else “shoshanim” appears
The context
1Where has your beloved gone, beautiful one among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
2 · This verse (above)
3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine, the one who pastures among the lilies.