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Song of Solomon 8:7 — King James Version← Study notes

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.


Song of Solomon 8:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Song of Solomon 8:721 words
HebrewMeaning
מַ֣יִםmayim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
רַבִּ֗יםrabiym
abound(-undanceadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
לֹ֤אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יֽוּכְלוּ֙ywkəlw
be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לְ/כַבּ֣וֹתləkabwōt
go outpronH3518
quench
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָֽ/אַהֲבָ֔הhāʾahăbāh
loveparticleH160
וּ/נְהָר֖וֹתwnəhārwōt
floodconjH5104
river
לֹ֣אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִשְׁטְפ֑וּ/הָyišəṭəpwhā
drownverbH7857
flow(-whelm · rinse · run · rush ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יִתֵּ֨ןyitēn
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
אִ֜ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
ה֤וֹןhwōn
enoughnounH1952
for nought · riches · substance · wealth
בֵּית/וֹ֙bēytwō
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
בָּ/אַהֲבָ֔הbāʾahăbāh
lovepronH160
בּ֖וֹזbwōz
contemnverbH936
despise · utterly
יָב֥וּזוּyābwzw
contemnverbH936
despise · utterly
לֽ/וֹlwō
pron
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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