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Song of Solomon 2:14 — King James Version← Study notes

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.


Song of Solomon 2:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Song of Solomon 2:1416 words
HebrewMeaning
יוֹנָתִ֞/יywōnātiy
dovenounH3123
pigeon
בְּ/חַגְוֵ֣יbəḥagəwēy
cleftpronH2288
הַ/סֶּ֗לַעhaselaʿ
rockparticleH5553
stone · strong hold
בְּ/סֵ֨תֶר֙bəsēter
backbitingpronH5643
covering · covert · disguise · hiding place ···
הַ/מַּדְרֵגָ֔הhamadərēgāh
stairparticleH4095
steep place
הַרְאִ֨י/נִי֙harəʾiyniy
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתּʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מַרְאַ֔יִ/ךְmarəʾayikə
appearancenounH4758
apparently · as soon as beautiful · countenance · fair ···
הַשְׁמִיעִ֖י/נִיhašəmiyʿiyniy
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
קוֹלֵ֑/ךְqwōlēkə
bleatingnounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
כִּיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
קוֹלֵ֥/ךְqwōlēkə
bleatingnounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
עָרֵ֖בʿārēb
sweetadjH6156
וּ/מַרְאֵ֥י/ךְwmarəʾēykə
appearanceconjH4758
apparently · as soon as beautiful · countenance · fair ···
נָאוֶֽהnāʾweh
becomethadjH5000
comely · seemly
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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