Song of Solomon 5:8
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.”
מָה
properly, 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 senses
נָגַד
will you tell
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נָגַד
To tell, to declare, to make known. Nagad. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
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מָצָא
you will find
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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שָׁבַע
I adjure
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שָׁבַע
To swear, to take an oath. Shaba. God swore by Himself because there is none greater. His promises are backed by His own eternal nature.
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דּוֹד
lover/ my
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דּוֹד
Beloved, loved one. Dod. My beloved is mine and I am His. The language of intimate love pointing to God's love for His people.
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בַּת
O daughters of
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerusalem
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יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
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