Hebrew Interlinear

Solomon's Song 3:4 Interlinear

It was but a little that I passed from them but I found loveth him whom my soul I held him and would not let him go until I had brought house him into my mother's and into the chamber of her that conceived

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1כִּמְעַט֙H4592It was but a littlea little or few (often adverbial or comparative)
2שֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּיH5674that I passedto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
3מֵהֶ֔םH1992they (only used when emphatic)
4עַ֣דH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
5שֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִיH4672from them but I foundproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
6אֵ֥תH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖הH157lovethto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
8נַפְשִׁ֑יH5315him whom my soulproperly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
9אֲחַזְתִּיו֙H270I heldto seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
10וְלֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
11אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּH7503him and would not let him goto slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
12עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
13שֶׁ֤הֲבֵיאתִיו֙H935until I had broughtto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
14אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
15בֵּ֣יתH1004housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
16אִמִּ֔יH517him into my mother'sa mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
17וְאֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
18חֶ֖דֶרH2315and into the chamberan apartment (usually literal)
19הוֹרָתִֽי׃H2029of her that conceivedto be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)

Verse Context

Solomon's Song 3:3found The watchmen that go about the city loveth...
Solomon's Song 3:4 (current)It was but a little that I passed from them but I found loveth him whom my soul I held him and would not let him go until I had brought house him into my mother's and into the chamber of her that conceived
Solomon's Song 3:5I charge you O ye daughters of Jerusalem by the roes and...

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