שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים

Song of Songs — Chapter 7

Read Song of Songs Chapter 7 in Biblical Hebrew alongside the King James Version (KJV) — 13 verses. Original Hebrew text with vowel points (nikud) and full English translation.

מַה־יָּפ֣וּ פְעָמַ֗יִךְ בַּנְּעָלִים֙ בַּת־נָדִ֔יב חַמּוּקֵ֣י יְרֵכַ֔יִךְ כְּמ֣וֹ חֲלָאִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י אָמָּֽן׃

KJVHow beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince's daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.

שָׁרְרֵ֤ךְ אַגַּן֙ הַסַּ֔הַר אַל־יֶחְסַ֖ר הַמָּזֶ֑ג בִּטְנֵ֗ךְ עֲרֵמַ֤ת חִטִּים֙ סֽוּגָה֙ בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

KJVThy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Your body is like a round goblet, not lacking mixed wine. Your waist is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

שְׁנֵ֥י שָׁדַ֙יִךְ֙ כִּשְׁנֵ֣י עֳפָרִ֔ים תְּאוֹמֵ֖י צְבִיָּֽה׃

KJVThy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a roe.

צַוָּארֵ֕ךְ כְּמִגְדַּ֖ל הַשֵּׁ֑ן עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙ בְּרֵכ֣וֹת בְּחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן עַל־שַׁ֖עַר בַּת־רַבִּ֑ים אַפֵּ֕ךְ כְּמִגְדַּ֥ל הַלְּבָנ֖וֹן צוֹפֶ֥ה פְּנֵי־דַמָּֽשֶׂק׃

KJVThy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ כַּכַּרְמֶ֔ל וְדַלַּ֣ת רֹאשֵׁ֔ךְ כָּאַרְגָּמָ֖ן מֶ֣לֶךְ אָס֑וּר בָּֽרְהָטִֽים׃

KJVThine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Your head crowns you like Carmel. The hair of your head is like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

מַה־יָּפִ֥ית וּמַה־נָּעַ֖מְתְּ אַהֲבָ֥ה בַתַּעֲנוּגִֽים׃

KJVHow fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, with your delights!

זֹ֤את קוֹמָתֵךְ֙ דָּמְתָ֣ה לְתָמָ֔ר וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃

KJVThis thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

This, your stature, is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.

אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶעֱלֶ֣ה בְתָמָ֔ר אֹחֲזָ֖ה בְּסַנְסִנָּ֑יו וְיִֽהְיוּ־נָ֤א שָׁדַ֙יִךְ֙ כְּאֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹת הַגֶּ֔פֶן וְרֵ֥יחַ אַפֵּ֖ךְ כַּתַּפּוּחִֽים׃

KJVI said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

I said, "I will climb the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples.

וְחִכֵּ֕ךְ כְּיֵ֥ין הַטּ֖וֹב הוֹלֵ֣ךְ לְדוֹדִ֑י לְמֵישָׁרִ֖ים דּוֹבֵ֥ב שִׂפְתֵ֖י יְשֵׁנִֽים׃

KJVAnd the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

אֲנִ֥י לְדוֹדִ֖י וְעָלַ֥י תְּשׁוּקָתֽוֹ׃

KJVI am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.

לְכָ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ נֵצֵ֣א הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה נָלִ֖ינָה בַּכְּפָרִֽים׃

KJVCome, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

Come, my beloved, let us go out into the field. Let us lodge in the villages.

נַשְׁכִּ֤ימָה לַכְּרָמִים֙ נִרְאֶ֣ה אִם־פָּרְחָ֣ה הַגֶּ֔פֶן פִּתַּ֥ח הַסְּמָדַ֖ר הֵנֵ֣צוּ הָרִמּוֹנִ֑ים שָׁ֛ם אֶתֵּ֥ן אֶת־דֹּדַ֖י לָֽךְ׃

KJVLet us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

Let us get up early to the vineyards. Let us see whether the vine has budded, its blossoms have opened, and whether the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.

הַדּוּדָאִ֣ים נָֽתְנוּ־רֵ֗יחַ וְעַל־פְּתָחֵ֙ינוּ֙ כָּל־מְגָדִ֔ים חֲדָשִׁ֖ים גַּם־יְשָׁנִ֑ים דּוֹדִ֖י צָפַ֥נְתִּי לָֽךְ׃

KJVThe mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

The mandrakes give out fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for you, my beloved.