King James Version

Song of Solomon 6:7

In Song of Solomon 6 of Song of Solomon.

As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

כְּפֶ֤לַחkefelachas pieceפֶּלַחpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “as piece”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6400a slicepiece.הָרִמּוֹן֙harimonthe pomegranateרִמּוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the pomegranate”, the ordinary formH7416a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)pomegranate.רַקָּתֵ֔ךְraqatekhetempleרַקָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “temple”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7541properly, thinness, i.e. the side of the headtemple.מִבַּ֖עַדmibaadfrom at byבְּעַדpreposition, preposition — “from at by”H1157in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.לְצַמָּתֵֽךְletsamatekheto locksצַמָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to locks”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6777a veillocks.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

Young’s Literal Translation

As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil.

World English Bible

Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

Darby Translation

As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.

Douay-Rheims

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and young maidens without number.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, being seen without thy veil.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὡς λέπυρον ῥοᾶς μῆλόν σου ἐκτὸς τῆς σιωπήσεώς σου.