SNG 4

Song of Solomon 4:12

WEB

My sister, my bride, is a locked up garden; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.

BSB

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

KJV

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Hebrew interlinear

H1588

גַּןgan/gan/

n — garden

Derivation: from 1598;

a garden (as fenced)

KJV: garden.

גַּן

n.m — enclosure

גַּן n.m. & f. enclosure, garden

H5274

נָעַלnâʻal/naw-al'/

v — fasten, sandal

Derivation: a primitive root; also denominative from 5275

properly, to fasten up, i.e. with a bar or cord; hence, to sandal, i.e. furnish with slippers

KJV: bolt, inclose, lock, shoe, shut up.

נָעַל

vb — bar

נָעַל vb. bar, bolt, lock

נָעַל

vb. denom — furnish with sandals

[נָעַל] vb. denom. furnish with sandals

Qal and I shod thee with תחשׁ (q.v.).

Hiph. and gave them sandals.

H269

אָחוֹתʼâchôwth/aw-khoth'/

n-f — sister

Derivation: irregular feminine of 251;

a sister (used very widely [like 251], literally and figuratively)

KJV: (an-) other, sister, together.

אָחוֹת

n.f — sister

אָחוֹת 114 n.f. sister

1. sister

2. = beloved

3. symbol. of Judah, Samaria, Sodom & Jerusalem

4. fig. of intimate connection

5. another

H3618

כַּלָּהkallâh/kal-law'/

n-f — bride, son's wife

Derivation: from 3634;

a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife

KJV: bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.

כַּלָה

n.f — daughter-in-law

כַּלָה n.f. daughter-in-law, bride

H1530

גַּלgal/gal/

n-m — rolled, heap, ruins, spring, waves

Derivation: from 1556;

something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)

KJV: billow, heap, spring, wave.

גַּל

n.m — heap

גַּל n.m. heap, wave, billow

1. heap of stones

2. waves (rollers) poet.

3. spring

H4599

מַעְיָןmaʻyân/mah-yawn'/

n-m — fountain, source

Derivation: or מַעְיְנוֹ; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה; from 5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring);

a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)

KJV: fountain, spring, well.

מַעְיָן

n.m — spring

מַעְיָן n.m. spring

H2856

חָתַםchâtham/khaw-tham'/

v — close, seal

Derivation: a primitive root;

to close up; especially to seal

KJV: make an end, mark, seal (up), stop.

חָתַם

vb — seal

חָתַם vb. seal, affix seal, seal up

Qal

1. seal, affix one’s seal, in attestation

2. seal up, fasten up by sealing

Niph. (it was) written and sealed

Pi. lit. by day they seal up for themselves, i.e acc. to most, they shut themselves up

Hiph. or hath his flesh (genital organ) shewn stoppage by reason of his flux.

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