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Song of Solomon 5:7

In Song of Solomon 5 of Song of Solomon.

The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

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מְצָאֻ֧נִיmetsaunicomeמָצָאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “come”, a completed actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…הַשֹּׁמְרִ֛יםhashomerimthe bewardשָׁמַרdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the beward”, a verb used as a describing wordH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).הַסֹּבְבִ֥יםhasovevimthe bringסָבַבdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the bring”, a verb used as a describing wordH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…בָּעִ֖ירbairin cityעִירpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.הִכּ֣וּנִיhikunistrikeנָכָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “strike”, a completed actionH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.פְצָע֑וּנִיfetsauniwoundפָּצַעverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “wound”, a completed actionH6481to split, i.e. woundwound.נָשְׂא֤וּnasevlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “lift up”, a completed actionH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).רְדִידִי֙redidiveilרָדִידnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “veil”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7289a veil (as expanded)vail, veil.מֵֽעָלַ֔יmealayfrom aboveעַלpreposition, preposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…שֹׁמְרֵ֖יshomerebewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, participle, construct — “beward”, a verb used as a describing wordH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).הַחֹמֽוֹתhachomotthe wallחוֹמָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the wall”, the ordinary formH2346a wall of protectionwall, walled.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The watchmen that go about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

Young’s Literal Translation

The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me.

World English Bible

The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

Darby Translation

The watchmen that went about the city found me; They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Douay-Rheims

The keepers that go about the city found me: they struck me: and wounded me: the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The watchmen that go about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The watchmen that go their rounds in the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εὕροσάν με οἱ φύλακες οἱ κυκλοῦντες ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἐπάταξάν με, ἐτραυμάτισάν με· ᾖραν τὸ θέριστρόν μου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ φύλακες τῶν τειχέων.