Song of Solomon 5:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.”

Song of Solomon 5:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Song of Solomon 5:712 words

HebrewMeaning

מְצָאֻ֧/נִיməṣāʾuniy

they found meverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

הַ/שֹּׁמְרִ֛יםhašōməriym

the watchmenparticleH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

הַ/סֹּבְבִ֥יםhasōbəbiym

who go aroundparticleH5437

cast · fetch · lead · make ···

בָּ/עִ֖ירbāʿiyr

in the citypronH5892

city · court · town

הִכּ֣וּ/נִיhikwniy

they struck meverbH5221

cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···

פְצָע֑וּ/נִיpəṣāʿwniy

they bruised meverbH6481

נָשְׂא֤וּnāśəʾw

they liftedverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

רְדִידִ/י֙rədiydiy

garment mynounH7289

veil

מֵֽ/עָלַ֔/יmēʿālay

from on mepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

שֹׁמְרֵ֖יšōmərēy

the watchmen ofverbH8104

be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···

הַ/חֹמֽוֹתhaḥōmwōt

the wallsparticleH2346

walled

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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