--- title: Song of Songs 1 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Song of Songs chapter 1 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Song of Songs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/) / chapter 1 # Song of Songs 1 17 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.1/) — שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ — THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's. - [1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.2/) — יִשָּׁקֵנִי מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ כִּֽי־טוֹבִים דֹּדֶיךָ מִיָּֽיִן׃ — Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for thy love is better than wine. - [1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.3/) — לְרֵיחַ שְׁמָנֶיךָ טוֹבִים שֶׁמֶן תּוּרַק שְׁמֶךָ עַל־כֵּן עֲלָמוֹת אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ — Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee. - [1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.4/) — מָשְׁכֵנִי אַחֲרֶיךָ נָּרוּצָה הֱבִיאַנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ חֲדָרָיו נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָּךְ נַזְכִּירָה דֹדֶיךָ מִיַּיִן מֵישָׁרִים אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ס — Draw me, we will run after thee; the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will find thy love more fragrant than wine! sincerely do they love thee. - [1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.5/) — שְׁחוֹרָה אֲנִי וְֽנָאוָה בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם כְּאָהֳלֵי קֵדָר כִּירִיעוֹת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ — 'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. - [1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.6/) — אַל־תִּרְאוּנִי שֶׁאֲנִי שְׁחַרְחֹרֶת שֶׁשֱּׁזָפַתְנִי הַשָּׁמֶשׁ בְּנֵי אִמִּי נִֽחֲרוּ־בִי שָׂמֻנִי נֹטֵרָה אֶת־הַכְּרָמִים כַּרְמִי שֶׁלִּי לֹא נָטָֽרְתִּי׃ — Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.' - [1:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.7/) — הַגִּידָה לִּי שֶׁאָהֲבָה נַפְשִׁי אֵיכָה תִרְעֶה אֵיכָה תַּרְבִּיץ בַּֽצָּהֳרָיִם שַׁלָּמָה אֶֽהְיֶה כְּעֹטְיָה עַל עֶדְרֵי חֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃ — Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions? - [1:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.8/) — אִם־לֹא תֵדְעִי לָךְ הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים צְֽאִי־לָךְ בְּעִקְבֵי הַצֹּאן וּרְעִי אֶת־גְּדִיֹּתַיִךְ עַל מִשְׁכְּנוֹת הָרֹעִֽים׃ס — If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents. - [1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.9/) — לְסֻסָתִי בְּרִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה דִּמִּיתִיךְ רַעְיָתִֽי׃ — I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots. - [1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.10/) — נָאווּ לְחָיַיִךְ בַּתֹּרִים צַוָּארֵךְ בַּחֲרוּזִֽים׃ — Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads. - [1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.11/) — תּוֹרֵי זָהָב נַעֲשֶׂה־לָּךְ עִם נְקֻדּוֹת הַכָּֽסֶף׃ — We will make thee circlets of gold with studs of silver. - [1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.12/) — עַד־שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ בִּמְסִבּוֹ נִרְדִּי נָתַן רֵיחֽוֹ׃ — While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance. - [1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.13/) — צְרוֹר הַמֹּר ׀ דּוֹדִי לִי בֵּין שָׁדַי יָלִֽין׃ — My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. - [1:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.14/) — אֶשְׁכֹּל הַכֹּפֶר ׀ דּוֹדִי לִי בְּכַרְמֵי עֵינ גֶּֽדִי עֵינ גֶּֽדִי׃ס — My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi. - [1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.15/) — הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי הִנָּךְ יָפָה עֵינַיִךְ יוֹנִֽים׃ — Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves. - [1:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.16/) — הִנְּךָיָפֶה דוֹדִי אַף נָעִים אַף־עַרְשֵׂנוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה׃ — Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy. - [1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.17/) — קֹרוֹת בָּתֵּינוּ אֲרָזִים רַהִיטֵנוּ בְּרוֹתִֽים׃ — The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses. - ← previous: [Job 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/42/) - next →: [Song of Songs 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/2/) - ↑ back to [Song of Songs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/)