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Turn awayהָסֵבִּיyour eyesעֵינַיִךְfrom me,מִנֶּגְדִּיforשֶׁtheyהֵםunsettle me;הִרְהִיבֻנִיyour hairשַׂעְרֵךְis like a flockכְּעֵדֶרof goatsהָעִזִּיםthat ripple downשֶׁגָּלְשׁוּfrom Gilead.מִן הַגִּלְעָד
Song of Songs 6:5
Study it in the app“Turn away your eyes from me, for they unsettle me; your hair is like a flock of goats that ripple down from Gilead.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 6:5, word by word
- Turn awayהָסֵבִּיhasebi
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “hasebi” appears- your eyesעֵינַיִenayi
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enayi” appears- from meנֶּגְדִּnegdi
aloof
Opposite, at a distance.
Where else “negdi” appears- unsettle meהִרְהִיבֻhirhivu
unsettle
Agitate the mind, disquiet.
Where else “hirhivu” appears- your hairשַׂעְרֵsare
hair
Hair, body hair.
Where else “sare” appears- is like a flockעֵדֶרeder
herd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “eder” appears- of goatsעִזִּיםizim
goat
The female of the goat flock, used for milk and hair.
Where else “izim” appears- that ripple downגָּלְשׁוּgalshu
stream down
To come streaming down (like goats down a slope).
Where else “galshu” appears- from Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears
Places in this verse
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
The context
4Beautiful are you, my companion, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, fearsome as troops with banners.
5 · This verse (above)
6Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and none is barren among them.