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Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהhadהָיָה לִa vineyardכֶּרֶםat Baal-hamon;בְּבַעַל הָמוֹןhe gaveנָתַןthe vineyardאֶת הַכֶּרֶםto keepers;לַנֹּטְרִיםeachאִישׁwould bringיָבִאfor its fruitבְּפִרְיוֹa thousandאֶלֶףshekels of silver.כָּסֶף
Song of Songs 8:11
Study it in the app“Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he gave the vineyard to keepers; each would bring for its fruit a thousand shekels of silver.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 8:11, word by word
- Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- hadהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- a vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “kerem” appears- at Baal-hamonבַעַלvaal
Baal-hamon
Baal-hamon, a place.
Where else “vaal” appears- he gaveנָתַןnatan
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appears- to keepersנֹּטְרִיםnotrim
keep
To look after something, like a vineyard.
Where else “notrim” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- would bringיָבִאyavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yavi” appears- for its fruitפִרְיfiry
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “firy” appears- a thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- shekels of silverכָּסֶףkasef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kasef” appears
The context
10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; then I was in his eyes like one who finds peace.
11 · This verse (above)
12My vineyard, my own, is before me; the thousand are for you, Solomon, and two hundred for those who keep its fruit.