Song of Solomon 1:5
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.”
בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
קֵדָר
Kedar
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קֵדָר
Kedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representatives)
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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שָׁחֹר
am black
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שָׁחֹר
properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty
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שְׁלֹמֹה
Solomon
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שְׁלֹמֹה
Shelomah, David's successor
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