Song of Solomon 2:12
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
נִדָּה
niddâh
properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
עֵת
ʻêth
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
זָמִיר
zâmîyr
a song to be accompanied with instrumental music
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
תּוֹר
tôwr
a ring-dove, often (figuratively) as a term of endearment
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Key Terms in This Verse
נִדָּה niddâh
properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)
Study H5079 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →Cross References
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
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