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Song of Solomon 6:8

In Song of Solomon 6 of Song of Solomon.

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

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שִׁשִּׁ֥יםshishimsixtyשִׁשִּׁיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “sixty”, the ordinary formH8346sixtysixty, three score.הֵ֨מָּה֙hemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.מְּלָכ֔וֹתmelakhotqueenמַלְכָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “queen”, the ordinary formH4436a queenqueen.וּשְׁמֹנִ֖יםushemonimand eightyשְׁמֹנִיםconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “and eighty”, the ordinary formH8084eighty, also eightietheighty(-ieth), fourscore.פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑יםpilagshimconcubineפִּילֶגֶשׁnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “concubine”, the ordinary formH6370a concubine; also (masculine) a paramourconcubine, paramour.וַעֲלָמ֖וֹתvaalamotand damselעַלְמָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and damsel”, the ordinary formH5959a lass (as veiled or private)damsel, maid, virgin.אֵ֥יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).מִסְפָּֽרmisparnumberמִסְפָּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “number”, the ordinary formH4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration[phrase] abundance, account, [idiom] all, [idiom] few, (in-) finite, (certain) number(-ed), tale, telling, [phrase] time.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.

World English Bible

There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

Darby Translation

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number:

Douay-Rheims

One is my dove, my perfect one is but one, she is the only one of her mother, the chosen of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and declared her most blessed: the queens and concubines, and they praised her.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἑξήκοντά εἰσι βασίλισσαι καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα παλλακαὶ, καὶ νεάνιδες ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός.