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Song of Solomon 3:4 — King James Version← Study notes

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.


Song of Solomon 3:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Song of Solomon 3:419 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ/מְעַט֙kiməʿaṭ
almost (somepronH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
שֶׁ/עָבַ֣רְתִּיšeʿābarətiy
alienateparticleH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
מֵ/הֶ֔םmēhem
pron
עַ֣דʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
שֶֽׁ/מָּצָ֔אתִיšemāṣāʾtiy
befallparticleH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
אֵ֥תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שֶׁ/אָהֲבָ֖הšeʾāhăbāh
love(-dparticleH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
נַפְשִׁ֑/יnapəšiy
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
אֲחַזְתִּי/ו֙ʾăḥazətiyw
barverbH270
be affrighted · (catch · lay · take) hold ···
וְ/לֹ֣אwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אַרְפֶּ֔/נּוּʾarəpenw
abateverbH7503
cease · consume · draw · fail ···
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
שֶׁ֤/הֲבֵיאתִי/ו֙šehăbēyʾtiyw
abideparticleH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בֵּ֣יתbēyt
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
אִמִּ֔/יʾimiy
damnounH517
mother · parting
וְ/אֶלwəʾel
aboutconjH413
according to · after · against · among ···
חֶ֖דֶרḥeder
inner) chambernounH2315
innermost part · parlour · south · within
הוֹרָתִֽ/יhwōrātiy
beenverbH2029
be with child · conceive · progenitor
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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