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Song of Solomon 4:2

In Song of Solomon 4 of Song of Solomon.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

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שִׁנַּ֨יִךְ֙shinayikhivoryשֵׁןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “ivory”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8127a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliffcrag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.כְּעֵ֣דֶרkeederas droveעֵדֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as drove”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5739an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)drove, flock, herd.הַקְּצוּב֔וֹתhaqtsuvotthe shornקָצַבdefinite article, verb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “the shorn”, a verb used as a describing wordH7094to clip, or (generally) chopcut down, shorn.שֶׁעָל֖וּshealvwho ascend upעָלָהparticle, relative, verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “who ascend up”, a completed actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הָרַחְצָ֑הharachtsahthe washingרַחְצָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the washing”, the ordinary formH7367a bathing placewashing.שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙shekulamwho allכֹּלparticle, relative, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “who all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מַתְאִימ֔וֹתmatimotcoupledתָּאַםverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “coupled”, a verb used as a describing wordH8382to be (causatively, make) twinned, i.e. (figuratively) duplicate or (architectural) jointedcoupled (together), bear twins.וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖הveshakulahand bereaved of childrenשַׁכּוּלconjunction, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “and bereaved of children”, the ordinary formH7909bereavedbarren, bereaved (robbed) of children (whelps).אֵ֥יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).בָּהֶֽםbaheminבָּהֶֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”in

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly shorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy teeth as a row of the shorn ones That have come up from the washing, For all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.

World English Bible

Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have come up from the washing, where every one of them has twins. None is bereaved among them.

Darby Translation

Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.

Douay-Rheims

Thy teeth as flocks of sheep, that are shorn which come up from the washing, all with twins, and there is none barren among them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep , that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὀδόντες σου ὡς ἀγέλαι τῶν κεκαρμένων, αἳ ἀνέβησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ λουτροῦ, αἱ πᾶσαι διδυμεύουσαι, καὶ ἀτεκνοῦσα οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐταῖς.