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Song of Solomon 5:9

In Song of Solomon 5 of Song of Solomon.

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

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מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.דּוֹדֵ֣ךְdodekheuncleדּוֹדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “uncle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1730(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.מִדּ֔וֹדmidodfrom uncleדּוֹדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from uncle”, the ordinary formH1730(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.הַיָּפָ֖הhayafahthe beautyיָפֶהdefinite article, adjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “the beauty”, the ordinary formH3303beautiful (literally or figuratively)[phrase] beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), [phrase] goodly, pleasant, well.בַּנָּשִׁ֑יםbanashimin eachאִשָּׁהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.דּוֹדֵ֣ךְdodekheuncleדּוֹדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “uncle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1730(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.מִדּ֔וֹדmidodfrom uncleדּוֹדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from uncle”, the ordinary formH1730(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.שֶׁכָּ֖כָהshekakhahwho soכָּכָהparticle, relative, adverb — “who so”H3602just so, referring to the previous or following contextafter that (this) manner, this matter, (even) so, in such a case, thus.הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּhishbatanvswearשָׁבַעverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “swear”, a completed actionH7650to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so adjure us?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?

Young’s Literal Translation

What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, O fair among women? What [is] thy beloved above [any] beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

World English Bible

How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Beloved

Darby Translation

What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so charge us?

Douay-Rheims

What manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, O thou most beautiful among women? what manner of one is thy beloved of the beloved, that thou hast so adjured us?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so adjure us?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

What is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, O thou beautiful among women? what is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, that thou hast so charged us?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τί ἀδελφιδός σου ἀπὸ ἀδελφιδοῦ, ἡ καλὴ ἐν γυναιξί; τί ἀδελφιδός σου ἀπὸ ἀδελφιδοῦ, ὅτι οὕτως ὥρκισας ἡμᾶς;