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Song of Solomon 1:5 — King James Version← Study notes

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.


Song of Solomon 1:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Song of Solomon 1:59 words
HebrewMeaning
שְׁחוֹרָ֤הšəḥwōrāh
blackadjH7838
אֲנִי֙ʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
וְֽ/נָאוָ֔הwənāʾwāh
becomethconjH5000
comely · seemly
בְּנ֖וֹתbənwōt
applenounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םyərwšālāim
JerusalemnounH3389
כְּ/אָהֳלֵ֣יkəʾāhŏlēy
coveringpronH168
home · tabernacle · tent
קֵדָ֔רqēdār
KedarnounH6938
כִּ/ירִיע֖וֹתkiyriyʿwōt
curtainpronH3407
שְׁלֹמֹֽהšəlōmōh
SolomonnounH8010
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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