King James Version

Song of Solomon 6:13

In Song of Solomon 6 of Song of Solomon.

Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Song of Solomon 7:1.

שׁ֤וּבִיshuviagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “again”, a commandH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…שׁ֨וּבִי֙shuviagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “again”, a commandH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…הַשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔יתhashulamitthe Shulamiteשׁוּלַמִּיתdefinite article, noun, gentilic, feminine, singular, absolute — “the Shulamite”, the ordinary formH7759peaceful (with the article always prefixed, making it a pet name); the Shulammith, an epithet of Solomon's queenShulamite.שׁ֥וּבִיshuviagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “again”, a commandH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…שׁ֖וּבִיshuviagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “again”, a commandH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…וְנֶחֱזֶהvenechezehand beholdחָזָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “and behold”, an unfinished actionH2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision ofbehold, look, prophesy, provide, see.בָּ֑ךְbakheinבָּ֑ךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “in”inמַֽהmahhowמָהparticle, 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.תֶּחֱזוּ֙techezvbeholdחָזָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “behold”, an unfinished actionH2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have avision ofbehold, look, prophesy, provide, see.בַּשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔יתbashulamitin Shulamiteשׁוּלַמִּיתpreposition, with the article, noun, gentilic, feminine, singular, absolute — “in Shulamite”, the ordinary formH7759peaceful (with the article always prefixed, making it a pet name); the Shulammith, an epithet of Solomon's queenShulamite.כִּמְחֹלַ֖תkimcholatas companyמְחֹלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “as company”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4246a dancecompany, dances(-cing).הַֽמַּחֲנָֽיִםhamachanayimthe armyמַחֲנֶהdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, dual, absolute — “the army”, the ordinary formH4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(7-1) Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulammite? As it were a dance of two companies.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, As upon the dance of Mahanaim?

Young’s Literal Translation

Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith?

World English Bible

Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?

Darby Translation

Return, return, O Shulamite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. — What would ye look upon in the Shulamite? — As it were the dance of two camps.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(7-1) Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulammite? As it were a dance of two companies.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Return, return, O Sunamite; return, return, and we will look at thee. What will ye see in the Sunamite? She comes as bands of armies.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπίστρεφε ἐπίστρεφε ἡ Σουναμίτις· ἐπίστρεφε ἐπίστρεφε, καὶ ὀφόμεθα ἐν σοί. Τί ὄψεσθε ἐν τῇ Σουναμίτιδι; ἡ ἐρχομένη ὡς χοροὶ τῶν παρεμβολῶν.