Song of Solomon 4:1
Strong's Lexicon
How
הִנָּ֨ךְ (hin·nāḵ)
Interjection | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2005: interj 1) behold, lo, though hypothetical part 2) if

beautiful [you are],
יָפָ֤ה (yā·p̄āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3303: 1) fair, beautiful, handsome

my darling !
רַעְיָתִי֙ (ra‘·yā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7474: 1) attendant maidens, companion

How
הִנָּ֣ךְ (hin·nāḵ)
Interjection | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2005: interj 1) behold, lo, though hypothetical part 2) if

very beautiful !
יָפָ֔ה (yā·p̄āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3303: 1) fair, beautiful, handsome

Your eyes
עֵינַ֣יִךְ (‘ê·na·yiḵ)
Noun - cdc | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

are [like] doves
יוֹנִ֔ים (yō·w·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3123: 1) dove, pigeon

behind
מִבַּ֖עַד (mib·ba·‘aḏ)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 1157: 1) behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about 1a) through (of action) 1b) behind (with verbs of shutting) 1c) about (with verbs of fencing) 1d) on behalf of (metaph. especially with Hithpael)

your veil.
לְצַמָּתֵ֑ךְ (lə·ṣam·mā·ṯêḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6777: 1) veil, woman's veil

Your hair
שַׂעְרֵךְ֙ (śa‘·rêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8181: 1) hair 1a) hair (of animals, man) 1b) hair (of garment made of hair)

is like a flock
כְּעֵ֣דֶר (kə·‘ê·ḏer)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5739: 1) flock, herd 1a) flock 1b) herds, flocks and herds

of goats
הָֽעִזִּ֔ים (hā·‘iz·zîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5795: 1) female goat, she-goat, goat, kid

streaming down
שֶׁגָּלְשׁ֖וּ (šeg·gā·lə·šū)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1570: 1) to sit, sit up, (possibly also) recline 1a) (Qal) 1a1) of flocks of goats 1a2) of a woman's hair (simile)

Mount
מֵהַ֥ר (mê·har)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2022: 1) hill, mountain, hill country, mount

Gilead.
גִּלְעָֽד׃ (gil·‘āḏ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1568: n pr loc Gilead = 'rocky region' 1) a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead 2) a city (with prefix 'Jabesh') 3) the people of the region n pr m 4) son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh 5) father of Jephthah 6) a Gadite

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, lo, thou [art] fair, Thine eyes [are] doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats{.htm" title="{"> That have shone from mount Gilead,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
M How beautiful you are, my darling.   How very beautiful!   Behind your veil,   your eyes are doves.   Your hair is like a flock of goats   streaming down Mount Gilead. 

New American Standard Bible
"How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are [like] doves behind your veil; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead.

King James Bible
Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from the hills of Gilead.

New Living Translation
You are beautiful, my darling, beautiful beyond words. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.

English Standard Version
Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

New American Standard Bible
"How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead.

King James Bible
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
M How beautiful you are, my darling. How very beautiful! Behind your veil, your eyes are doves. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.

International Standard Version
Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are doves, your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead.

NET Bible
Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from Mount Gilead.

American Standard Version
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

English Revised Version
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that lie along the side of mount Gilead.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, thou art fair, my friend, lo, thou art fair, Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,
















Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:15
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

Song of Solomon 5:12
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

Song of Solomon 6:5
Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Song of Solomon 6:7
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

Jeremiah 22:6
For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

Micah 7:14
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

Song of Solomon 1:1
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Song of Solomon 3:11
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Song of Solomon 3:10
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 3:9
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 4:2
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
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