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I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. (KJV)

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שְׁחוֹרָ֤הshe.cho.Rah[am] black

Lemma: שָׁחֹר (sha.chor) · Strong's: H7838

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: black

Used 6 times. Also: Leviticus 13:31, Leviticus 13:37, Song of Solomon 5:11, Zechariah 6:2, Zechariah 6:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7838; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:5 word 1

אֲנִי֙'a.NiI

Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:5 word 2

וְֽנָאוָ֔הve.na.Vahand lovely

Lemma: נָאוֶה (na.eh) · Strong's: H5000

Parsing: Aafsa (Aafsa)

Meaning: lovely

Used 10 times. Also: Psalms 33:1, Psalms 147:1, Proverbs 17:7, Proverbs 19:10, Proverbs 26:1, Song of Solomon 2:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5000; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:5 word 3

בְּנ֖וֹתbe.NotO daughters of

Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: daughter

Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:5 word 4

יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalem

Lemma: יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם (ye.ru.sha.laim) · Strong's: H3389

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Jerusalem

Used 643 times. Also: Joshua 10:1, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:5, Joshua 10:23, Joshua 12:10, Joshua 15:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3389; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:5 word 5

כְּאָהֳלֵ֣יke.'o.ho.Leilike [the] tents of

Lemma: אֹ֫הֶל (o.hel) · Strong's: H0168G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: tent

Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0168G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:5 word 6

קֵדָ֔רke.DarKedar

Lemma: קֵדָר (qe.dar) · Strong's: H6938

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Kedar

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 25:13, 1 Chronicles 1:29, Psalms 120:5, Isaiah 21:16, Isaiah 21:17, Isaiah 42:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6938; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:5 word 7

כִּירִיע֖וֹתki.ri.'otlike [the] tent curtains of

Lemma: יְרִיעָה (ye.ri.ah) · Strong's: H3407

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: curtain

Used 54 times. Also: Exodus 26:1, Exodus 26:2, Exodus 26:3, Exodus 26:4, Exodus 26:5, Exodus 26:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3407; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:5 word 8

שְׁלֹמֹֽה\׃she.lo.MohSolomon

Lemma: שְׁלֹמֹה (she.lo.moh) · Strong's: H8010

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Solomon

Used 293 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:14, 2 Samuel 12:24, 1 Kings 1:10, 1 Kings 1:11, 1 Kings 1:12, 1 Kings 1:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8010; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:5 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I	→	אֲנִי H0589 I
am dark	→	שָׁחֹר H7838 black
yet lovely	→	נָאוֶה H5000 lovely
O daughters	→	בַּת H1323G daughter
of Jerusalem	→	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם H3389 Jerusalem
like the tents	→	אֹ֫הֶל H0168G tent
of Kedar	→	קֵדָר H6938 Kedar
like the curtains	→	יְרִיעָה H3407 curtain
of Solomon	→	שְׁלֹמֹה H8010 Solomon

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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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