Song of Solomon 3:1

Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data

"By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not."

Word-by-Word Analysis

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לַיִל

layil

H3915

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

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on my

מִשְׁכָּב

mishkâb

H4904

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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I

בָּקַשׁ

bâqash

H1245

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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him whom my

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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אָהַב

ʼâhab

H157

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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I

בָּקַשׁ

bâqash

H1245

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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him but I

מָצָא

mâtsâʼ

H4672

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

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him not

Key Terms in This Verse

loveth H157

אָהַב ʼâhab

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

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bed H4904

מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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sought H1245

בָּקַשׁ bâqash

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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sought H1245

בָּקַשׁ bâqash

to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after

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night H3915

לַיִל layil

properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity

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found H4672

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

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soul H5315

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)

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Cross References

1 Peter 1:8 cross-reference

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Song of Solomon 5:6 cross-reference

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.

Song of Solomon 1:7 cross-reference

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 turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

Isaiah 55:6 cross-reference

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Isaiah 26:9 cross-reference

With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

Psalm 22:2 cross-reference

O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Song of Solomon 5:8 cross-reference

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

Luke 13:24 cross-reference

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

John 21:17 cross-reference

He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; t...

Psalm 6:6 cross-reference

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Psalm 4:4 cross-reference

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

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