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← Song of Solomon 2 · ← verse 15 · verse 17 →

My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. (KJV)

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דּוֹדִ֥יdo.Dilover my

Lemma: דּוֹד (dod) · Strong's: H1730G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: beloved

Used 33 times. Also: Song of Solomon 1:13, Song of Solomon 1:14, Song of Solomon 1:16, Song of Solomon 2:3, Song of Solomon 2:8, Song of Solomon 2:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1730G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:16 word 1

וַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.Niand I

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 2:16 word 2

הָרֹעֶ֖הha.ro.'Ehwho [is] grazing

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7462B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to pasture

Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 26:20, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7462B; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:16 word 3

בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים\׃ba.sho.sha.Nimamong the lilies

Lemma: שׁוּשַׁן (shu.shan) · Strong's: H7799

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: lily

Used 17 times. Also: 1 Kings 7:19, 1 Kings 7:22, 1 Kings 7:26, 2 Chronicles 4:5, Psalms 45:0, Psalms 60:0 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7799; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:16 word 4

How the BSB renders it

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

My beloved→דּוֹד H1730G beloved
is mine→
and I am→אֲנִי H0589 I
his→
he pastures [his flock]→רָעָה H7462B to pasture
among the lilies→שׁוּשַׁן H7799 lily

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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