Hebrew Interlinear

Solomon's Song 8:9 Interlinear

If she be a wall we will build upon her a palace of silver and if she be a door we will inclose her with boards of cedar

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
2חוֹמָ֣הH2346If she be a walla wall of protection
3הִ֔יאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
4נִבְנֶ֥הH1129we will buildto build (literally and figuratively)
5עָלֶ֖יהָH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
6טִ֣ירַתH2918upon her a palacea wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet
7כָּ֑סֶףH3701of silversilver (from its pale color); by implication, money
8וְאִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
9דֶּ֣לֶתH1817and if she be a doorsomething swinging, i.e., the valve of a door
10הִ֔יאH1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
11נָצ֥וּרH6696we will incloseto cramp, i.e., confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
12עָלֶ֖יהָH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
13ל֥וּחַH3871her with boardsprobably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
14אָֽרֶז׃H730of cedara cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)

Verse Context

Solomon's Song 8:8for our sister We have a little and she hath no breasts ...
Solomon's Song 8:9 (current) If she be a wall we will build upon her a palace of silver and if she be a door we will inclose her with boards of cedar
Solomon's Song 8:10 I am a wall and my breasts like towers ...

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