Song of Solomon 5:6
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer."
Word-by-Word Analysis
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
דּוֹד
dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
דּוֹד
dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
שׁוּב
shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
Key Terms in This Verse
שׁוּב shûwb
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Study H7725 →יָצָא yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
Study H3318 →דּוֹד dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Study H1730 →דּוֹד dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Study H1730 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →פָּתַח pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
Study H6605 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
Study H4672 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of...
I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in appr...
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the ...
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
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