The Tanakh
שיר השירים א׳Song of Songs 1
Chapter 1 of 8 in Song of Songs — 17 verses
- Total gematria
- 42,410
- Letters
- 615
- Words
- 150
- Verses
- 17
- Per word average
- 282.73
Verse 1א׳Standard1,981
שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה
THE song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
Verse 2ב׳Standard1,722
יִשָּׁקֵנִי מִנְּשִׁיקוֹת פִּיהוּ כִּֽי־טוֹבִים דֹּדֶיךָ מִיָּֽיִן
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— For thy love is better than wine.
Verse 3ג׳Standard2,941
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.
Verse 4ד׳Standard3,014
מָשְׁכֵנִי אַחֲרֶיךָ נָּרוּצָה הֱבִיאַנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ חֲדָרָיו נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בָּךְ נַזְכִּירָה דֹדֶיךָ מִיַּיִן מֵישָׁרִים אֲהֵבֽוּךָ
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.
Verse 5ה׳Standard3,153
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.
Verse 6ו׳Standard7,046
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.’
Verse 7ז׳Standard3,750
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?
Verse 8ח׳Standard3,964
אִם־לֹא תֵדְעִי לָךְ הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים צְֽאִי־לָךְ בְּעִקְבֵי הַצֹּאן וּרְעִי אֶת־גְּדִיֹּתַיִךְ עַל מִשְׁכְּנוֹת הָרֹעִֽים
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.
Verse 9ט׳Standard2,323
לְסֻסָתִי בְּרִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה דִּמִּיתִיךְ רַעְיָתִֽי
I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
Verse 10י׳Standard1,383
נָאווּ לְחָיַיִךְ בַּתֹּרִים צַוָּארֵךְ בַּחֲרוּזִֽים
Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, Thy neck with beads.
Verse 11י״אStandard1,940
תּוֹרֵי זָהָב נַעֲשֶׂה־לָּךְ עִם נְקֻדּוֹת הַכָּֽסֶף
We will make thee circlets of gold With studs of silver.
Verse 12י״בStandard1,567
עַד־שֶׁהַמֶּלֶךְ בִּמְסִבּוֹ נִרְדִּי נָתַן רֵיחֽוֹ
While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
Verse 13י״גStandard1,281
צְרוֹר הַמֹּר דּוֹדִי לִי בֵּין שָׁדַי יָלִֽין
My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.
Verse 14י״דStandard1,139
אֶשְׁכֹּל הַכֹּפֶר דּוֹדִי לִי בְּכַרְמֵי עֵין גֶּֽדִי
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna In the vineyards of En-gedi.
Verse 15ט״וStandard1,306
הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי הִנָּךְ יָפָה עֵינַיִךְ יוֹנִֽים
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves. .
Verse 16ט״זStandard1,527
הִנְּךָ יָפֶה דוֹדִי אַף נָעִים אַף־עַרְשֵׂנוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our couch is leafy.
Verse 17י״זStandard2,373
קֹרוֹת בָּתֵּינוּ אֲרָזִים רחיטנו בְּרוֹתִֽים
The beams of our houses are cedars, And our panels are cypresses.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.