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Iאֲנִיam my beloved’s,לְדוֹדִיand my belovedוְדוֹדִיis mine,לִיthe one who pasturesהָרֹעֶהamong the lilies.בַּשׁוֹשַׁנִּים
Song of Songs 6:3
Study it in the app“I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine, the one who pastures among the lilies.”
The two belong to each other: mutual surrender of the loversDating and Marriage
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 6:3, word by word
- am my beloved’sדוֹדִdodi
beloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appears- the one who pasturesרֹעֶהroe
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “roe” appears- among the 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
2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the garden beds of balsam, to pasture in the gardens and to gather lilies.
3 · This verse (above)
4Beautiful are you, my companion, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, fearsome as troops with banners.