--- title: Song of Songs 5 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Song of Songs chapter 5 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: I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/5/) [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 5 # Song of Songs 5 16 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.1/) — בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם־בְּשָׂמִי אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם־דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי עִם־חֲלָבִי אִכְלוּ רֵעִים שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ דּוֹדִֽים׃ס — I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. - [5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.2/) — אֲנִי יְשֵׁנָה וְלִבִּי עֵר קוֹל ׀ דּוֹדִי דוֹפֵק פִּתְחִי־לִי אֲחֹתִי רַעְיָתִי יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי נִמְלָא־טָל קְוֻּצּוֹתַירְסִיסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃ — I sleep, but my heart waketh; Hark! my beloved knocketh: 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, my locks with the drops of the night.' - [5:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.3/) — פָּשַׁטְתִּי אֶת־כֻּתָּנְתִּי אֵיכָכָה אֶלְבָּשֶׁנָּה רָחַצְתִּי אֶת־רַגְלַי אֵיכָכָה אֲטַנְּפֵֽם׃ — I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? - [5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.4/) — דּוֹדִי שָׁלַח יָדוֹ מִן־הַחֹר וּמֵעַי הָמוּ עָלָֽיו׃ — My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him. - [5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.5/) — קַמְתִּֽי אֲנִי לִפְתֹּחַ לְדוֹדִי וְיָדַי נָֽטְפוּ־מוֹר וְאֶצְבְּעֹתַי מוֹר עֹבֵר עַל כַּפּוֹת הַמַּנְעֽוּל׃ — I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with flowing myrrh, upon the handles of the bar. - [5:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.6/) — פָּתַחְתִּֽי אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי חָמַק עָבָר נַפְשִׁי יָֽצְאָה בְדַבְּרוֹ בִּקַּשְׁתִּיהוּ וְלֹא מְצָאתִיהוּ קְרָאתִיו וְלֹא עָנָֽנִי׃ — I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had turned away, and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. - [5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.7/) — מְצָאֻנִי הַשֹּׁמְרִים הַסֹּבְבִים בָּעִיר הִכּוּנִי פְצָעוּנִי נָשְׂאוּ אֶת־רְדִידִי מֵֽעָלַי שֹׁמְרֵי הַחֹמֽוֹת׃ — The watchmen that go about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me. - [5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.8/) — הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם אִֽם־תִּמְצְאוּ אֶת־דּוֹדִי מַה־תַּגִּידוּ לוֹ שֶׁחוֹלַת אַהֲבָה אָֽנִי׃ — 'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? that I am love-sick.' - [5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.9/) — מַה־דּוֹדֵךְ מִדּוֹד הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים מַה־דּוֹדֵךְ מִדּוֹד שֶׁכָּכָה הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃ — 'What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so adjure us?' - [5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.10/) — דּוֹדִי צַח וְאָדוֹם דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָֽה׃ — 'My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above ten thousand. - [5:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.11/) — רֹאשׁוֹ כֶּתֶם פָּז קְוּצּוֹתָיותַּלְתַּלִּים שְׁחֹרוֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃ — His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are curled, and black as a raven. - [5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.12/) — עֵינָיו כְּיוֹנִים עַל־אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם רֹֽחֲצוֹת בֶּֽחָלָב יֹשְׁבוֹת עַל־מִלֵּֽאת׃ — His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks; washed with milk, and fitly set. - [5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.13/) — לְחָיָו כַּעֲרוּגַת הַבֹּשֶׂם מִגְדְּלוֹת מֶרְקָחִים שִׂפְתוֹתָיו שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּים נֹטְפוֹת מוֹר עֹבֵֽר׃ — His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh. - [5:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.14/) — יָדָיו גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ מֵעָיו עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן מְעֻלֶּפֶת סַפִּירִֽים׃ — His hands are as rods of gold set with beryl; his body is as polished ivory overlaid with sapphires. - [5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.15/) — שׁוֹקָיו עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ מְיֻסָּדִים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָז מַרְאֵהוּ כַּלְּבָנוֹן בָּחוּר כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃ — His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold; his aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. - [5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.16/) — חִכּוֹ מַֽמְתַקִּים וְכֻלּוֹ מַחֲּמַדִּיםזֶה דוֹדִי וְזֶה רֵעִי בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ — His mouth is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.' - ← previous: [Song of Songs 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/4/) - next →: [Song of Songs 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/6/) - ↑ back to [Song of Songs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/)