King James Version

Song of Solomon 1:17

In Song of Solomon 1 of Song of Solomon.

The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

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קֹר֤וֹתqorotroofקוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “roof”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6982a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roofbeam, roof.בָּתֵּ֨ינוּ֙bateynvfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…אֲרָזִ֔יםarazimcedarאֶרֶזnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “cedar”, the ordinary formH730a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)cedar (tree).רחיטנוrchytnvrafterרְחִיטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “rafter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7351a panel (as resembling a trough)rafter.רַהִיטֵ֖נוּrahitenvrafterרְחִיטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “rafter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7351a panel (as resembling a trough)rafter.בְּרוֹתִֽיםberotimfirבְּרוֹתnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “fir”, the ordinary formH1266the cypress (or some elastic tree)fir.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The beams of our house are cedars, And our rafters are firs.

Young’s Literal Translation

The beams of our houses [are] cedars, Our rafters [are] firs, I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!

World English Bible

The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.

Darby Translation

The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters are cypresses.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δοκοὶ οἴκων ἡμῶν κέδροι, φατνώματα ἡμῶν κυπάρισσοι.