Song of Songs 6:9

“Unique 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.”

Song of Songs 6:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Song of Songs 6:9, word by word

Uniqueאַחַתachat

one

The number one; just one and no more.

Where else “achat” appears
my doveיוֹנָתִyonati

dove

A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.

Where else “yonati” appears
my perfect oneתַמָּתִtamati

perfect

Someone without defect, who has no blemish.

Where else “tamati” appears
to her motherאִמָּima

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

Where else “ima” appears
pureבָּרָהbara

pure, clean

Clean, pure; also clear, bright.

Where else “bara” appears
to the one who bore herיוֹלַדְתָּyoladta

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

Where else “yoladta” appears
The girlsבָנוֹתvanot

girl

The young women of a people.

Where else “vanot” appears
saw herרָאוּrau

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “rau” appears
and called her happyיְאַשְּׁרוּyeashru

call happy

To declare someone happy because things go well for them.

Where else “yeashru” appears
the queensמְלָכוֹתmelachot

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 the concubinesפִילַגְשִׁיםfilagshim

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.

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and they praised herיְהַלְלוּyehallu

praise

To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.

Where else “yehallu” appears

The context

8They are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and young women without number.

9 · This verse (above)

10Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, pure as the sun, fearsome as troops with banners?

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