Song of Solomon 1:9 Go deeper

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I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. (KJV)

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לְסֻסָתִי֙le.su.sa.Tito mare my

Lemma: סוּסָה (su.sah) · Strong's: H5484

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: mare

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5484; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:9 word 1

בְּרִכְבֵ֣יbe.rikh.Veiamong [the] chariots of

Lemma: רֶ֫כֶב (re.khev) · Strong's: H7393G

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

Meaning: chariot

Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 50:9, Exodus 14:6, Exodus 14:7, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7393G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:9 word 2

פַרְעֹ֔הfar.'OhPharaoh

Lemma: פַּרְעֹה (par.oh) · Strong's: H6547K

Parsing: Noun · Title · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNtmsa)

Meaning: Pharaoh

Used 15 times. Also: 1 Kings 3:1, 1 Kings 7:8, 1 Kings 9:16, 1 Kings 9:24, 1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6547K; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:9 word 3

דִּמִּיתִ֖יךְdi.mi.TikhI liken you

Lemma: דָּמָה (da.mah) · Strong's: H1819

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)

Meaning: to resemble

Used 30 times. Also: Numbers 33:56, Judges 20:5, 2 Samuel 21:5, Esther 4:13, Psalms 48:9, Psalms 50:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1819; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:9 word 4

רַעְיָתִֽי\׃ra'.ya.TiO friend my

Lemma: רַעְיָה (ra.yah) · Strong's: H7474

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: darling

Used 9 times. Also: Song of Solomon 1:15, Song of Solomon 2:2, Song of Solomon 2:10, Song of Solomon 2:13, Song of Solomon 4:1, Song of Solomon 4:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7474; TAHOT Song of Solomon 1:9 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

I compare you	→	דָּמָה H1819 to resemble
my darling	→	רַעְיָה H7474 darling
to a mare	→	סוּסָה H5484 mare
among Pharaoh’s	→	פַּרְעֹה H6547K Pharaoh
chariots	→	רֶ֫כֶב H7393G chariot

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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