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Theyהֵמָּהare sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםqueens,מְּלָכוֹתand eightyוּשְׁמֹנִיםconcubines,פִּילַגְשִׁיםand young womenוַעֲלָמוֹתwithout number.אֵין מִסְפָּר
Song of Songs 6:8
Study it in the app“They are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and young women without number.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 6:8, word by word
- are sixtyשִׁשִּׁיםshishim
sixty
Sixty.
Where else “shishim” appears- queensמְּלָכוֹתmelachot
queen
Queen: a woman who reigns or the chief wife of a king. It is said of the queen of Sheba and of the queens in the book of Esther.
Where else “melachot” appears- and eightyשְׁמֹנִיםshemonim
eighty
Eighty.
Where else “shemonim” appears- concubinesפִּילַגְשִׁיםpilagshim
concubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “pilagshim” appears- and young womenעֲלָמוֹתalamot
young woman
Young woman of marriageable age.
Where else “alamot” appears- without numberמִסְפָּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears
The context
7Like a slice of pomegranate is your temple behind your veil.
8 · This verse (above)
9Unique is she, my dove, my perfect one, unique is she to her mother, pure is she to the one who bore her. The girls saw her and called her happy, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.