Song of Solomon 8:1
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.”
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.
מִי
who?
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מִי
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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נָשַׁק
I will kiss/ you
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נָשַׁק
to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
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נָתַן
will he give/ you
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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שַׁד
the breasts of
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שַׁד
the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging)
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יָנַק
the suckling-child of
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יָנַק
to suck; causatively, to give milk
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