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If only you wereמִי יִתֶּנְךָlike a brotherכְּאָחto me,לִיwho nursed atיוֹנֵקthe breastsשְׁדֵיof my mother!אִמִּיI would find youאֶמְצָאֲךָoutside,בַחוּץI would kiss you,אֶשָׁקְךָand yet no oneגַּם לֹאwould despiseיָבוּזוּme.לִי
Song of Songs 8:1
Study it in the app“If only you were like a brother to me, who nursed at the breasts of my mother! I would find you outside, I would kiss you, and yet no one would despise me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 8:1, word by word
- If only you wereיִתֶּנְyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- like a brotherאָחach
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ach” appears- who nursed atיוֹנֵקyonek
suck
For a baby to take milk from his mother's breast.
Where else “yonek” appears- the breastsשְׁדֵיshede
breasts
Breasts (of a nursing mother).
Where else “shede” appears- of my motherאִמִּimi
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears- I would find youאֶמְצָאֲemtsaa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “emtsaa” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- I would kiss youאֶשָׁקְeshak
kiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “eshak” appears- would despiseיָבוּזוּyavuzu
despise
To despise, to think little of; to treat something or someone as worthless.
Where else “yavuzu” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2I would lead you, I would bring you into the house of my mother; you would teach me; I would give you to drink of the spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranates.