King James Version

Song of Solomon 6:1

In Song of Solomon 6 of Song of Solomon.

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

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אָ֚נָהanahwhereאָןadverb — “where”H575where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither[phrase] any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever).הָלַ֣ךְhalakhwalkהָלַךְverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “walk”, a completed actionH1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] gre…דּוֹדֵ֔ךְdodekheuncleדּוֹדnoun, 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.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.אָ֚נָהanahwhereאָןadverb — “where”H575where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither[phrase] any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever).פָּנָ֣הpanahappearפָּנָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “appear”, a completed actionH6437to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).דוֹדֵ֔ךְdodekheuncleדּוֹדnoun, 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.וּנְבַקְשֶׁ֖נּוּunevaqshenvand beseechבָּקַשׁconjunction, verb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and beseech”, an unfinished actionH1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive afterask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).עִמָּֽךְimakhewithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, that we may seek him with thee?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee?

Young’s Literal Translation

Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee?

World English Bible

Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved

Darby Translation

Whither is thy beloved gone, Thou fairest among women? Whither is thy beloved turned aside? And we will seek him with thee.

Douay-Rheims

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the bed of aromatical spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, that we may seek him with thee?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Whither is thy kinsman gone, thou beautiful among women? whither has thy kinsman turned aside? tell us , and we will seek him with thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ποῦ ἀπῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφιδός σου ἡ καλὴ ἐν γυναιξὶ; ποῦ ἀπέβλεψεν ὁ ἀδελφιδός σου; καὶ ζητήσομεν αὐτὸν μετὰ σοῦ.