Song of Solomon 1:12 Go deeper
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While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. (KJV)
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עַד\־'ad-until
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:12 word 1
שֶׁ֤הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙she.ha.Me.lekhthat the king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:12 word 2
בִּמְסִבּ֔וֹbim.si.Bo[was] at table his
Lemma: מֵסַב (me.sav) · Strong's: H4524
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: surrounds
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Kings 6:29, 2 Kings 23:5, Job 37:12, Psalms 140:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4524; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:12 word 3
נִרְדִּ֖יnir.Dinard my
Lemma: נֵרְדְּ (ne.red) · Strong's: H5373
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nard
Used 3 times. Also: Song of Solomon 4:13, Song of Solomon 4:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5373; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:12 word 4
נָתַ֥ןna.Tanit gave forth
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:12 word 5
רֵיחֽוֹ\׃rei.Choodor its
Lemma: רֵיחַ (re.ach) · Strong's: H7381
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: aroma
Used 58 times. Also: Genesis 8:21, Genesis 27:27, Exodus 5:21, Exodus 29:18, Exodus 29:25, Exodus 29:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7381; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:12 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| While | → | עַד H5704 till |
| the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| was at his table | → | מֵסַב H4524 surrounds |
| my perfume | → | נֵרְדְּ H5373 nard |
| spread | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| its fragrance | → | רֵיחַ H7381 aroma |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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