King James Version

Song of Solomon 1:15

In Song of Solomon 1 of Song of Solomon.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

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הִנָּ֤ךְhinakheifהֵןparticle, demonstrative, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “if”H2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) ifbehold, if, lo, though.יָפָה֙yafahbeautyיָפֶהadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “beauty”, the ordinary formH3303beautiful (literally or figuratively)[phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.רַעְיָתִ֔יrayatifellowרַעְיָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “fellow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7474a female associatefellow, love.הִנָּ֥ךְhinakheifהֵןparticle, demonstrative, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “if”H2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) ifbehold, if, lo, though.יָפָ֖הyafahbeautyיָפֶהadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “beauty”, the ordinary formH3303beautiful (literally or figuratively)[phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.עֵינַ֥יִךְeynayikheye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…יוֹנִֽיםyonimdoveיוֹנָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “dove”, the ordinary formH3123a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)dove, pigeon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, Lo, thou [art] fair, thine eyes [are] doves!

World English Bible

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves. Beloved

Darby Translation

Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.

Douay-Rheims

Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἰδοὺ εἶ καλὴ ἡ πλησίον μου, ἰδοὺ εἶ καλὴ· ὀφθαλμοί σου περιστεραί.