Song of Solomon 3:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.”

Song of Solomon 3:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Song of Solomon 3:110 words

HebrewMeaning

עַלʿal

onpronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

מִשְׁכָּבִ/י֙mišəkābiy

bed mynounH4904

couch · lieth with

בַּ/לֵּיל֔וֹתbalēylwōt

in the nightspronH3915

בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּיbiqašətiy

I soughtverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

אֵ֥תʾēt

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שֶׁ/אָהֲבָ֖הšeʾāhăbāh

whom it lovesparticleH157

-ly · -r) · like · friend

נַפְשִׁ֑/יnapəšiy

self mynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖י/וbiqašətiyw

I sought himverbH1245

beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···

וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ

and notconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

מְצָאתִֽי/וməṣāʾtiyw

I found himverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

ℹWords 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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