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My vineyard,כָּרְמִיmy own,שֶׁלִּיis before me;לְפָנָיthe thousand areהָאֶלֶףfor you,לְךָSolomon,שְׁלֹמֹהand two hundredוּמָאתַיִםfor those who keepלְנֹטְרִיםits fruit.אֶת פִּרְיוֹ
Song of Songs 8:12
Study it in the app“My vineyard, my own, is before me; the thousand are for you, Solomon, and two hundred for those who keep its fruit.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 8:12, word by word
- My vineyardכָּרְמִkarmi
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “karmi” appears- is before meפָנָfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- the thousand areאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- 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- and two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- for those who keepנֹטְרִיםnotrim
keep
To look after something, like a vineyard.
Where else “notrim” appears- its fruitפִּרְיpiry
fruit
What a tree or the land produces, which is eaten.
Where else “piry” appears
The context
11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he gave the vineyard to keepers; each would bring for its fruit a thousand shekels of silver.
12 · This verse (above)
13You who dwell in the gardens, companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.