Song Of Songs Chapter 6 verse 9 Holy Bible
My dove, my undefiled, is `but' one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; `Yea', the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
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My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.
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My dove, mine undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and they called her blessed; The queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
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My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
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My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
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One is my dove, my perfect one, One she `is' of her mother, The choice one she `is' of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) My dove . . . is but one.--"While the monarch's loves are so many, one is mine, my dove, my perfect one: one, the delight of her mother, the darling of her who bore her." It is impossible not to see in this a eulogy on monogamy, which, in practice, seems always to have been the rule among the Jews, the exceptions lying only with kings and the very rich. The eulogy is made more pronounced by putting an unconscious testimony to the superiority of monogamy into the mouths of the "queens and concubines," who praise and bless this pattern of a perfect wife.Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewbut my dove,יוֹנָתִ֣י (yō·w·nā·ṯî)Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 3123: A dovemy perfectתַמָּתִ֔י (ṯam·mā·ṯî)Adjective - feminine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 8535: Complete, pious, gentle, dearone,אַחַ֥ת (’a·ḥaṯ)Number - feminine singularStrong's 259: United, one, firstis unique,אַחַ֥ת (’a·ḥaṯ)Number - feminine singularStrong's 259: United, one, firstthe favoriteבָּרָ֥ה (bā·rāh)Adjective - feminine singularStrong's 1249: Beloved, pure, emptyof the motherלְאִמָּ֔הּ (lə·’im·māh)Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularStrong's 517: A mother, )who bore her.לְיֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ (lə·yō·w·laḏ·tāh)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularStrong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineageThe maidensבָנוֹת֙ (ḇā·nō·wṯ)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 1323: A daughtersee herרָא֤וּהָ (rā·’ū·hā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person feminine singularStrong's 7200: To seeand call her blessed;וַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָ (way·’aš·šə·rū·hā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singularStrong's 833: To be straight, to go forward, be honest, properthe queensמְלָכ֥וֹת (mə·lā·ḵō·wṯ)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 4436: Queen -- a queenand concubinesוּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים (ū·p̄î·laḡ·šîm)Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 6370: A concubine, a paramoursing her praises.וַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ׃ (way·hal·lū·hā)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singularStrong's 1984: To shineJump to PreviousBare Beautiful Blessed Blessing Bore Child Choice Concubines Darling Daughter Daughters Dearest Dove Favorite Flawless Happy Maidens Mother Mother's Perfect Praise Praised Pronounce Pure Queens Servant-Wives Undefiled Unique
