Song of Solomon 3:4
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מְעַט
mᵉʻaṭ
a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
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
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...
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
חָזַק
châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra...
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
לִשְׁכָּה
lishkâh
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
הָרָה
hârâh
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
Key Terms in This Verse
הָרָה hârâh
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
Study H2029 →חָזַק châzaq
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
Study H2388 →לִשְׁכָּה lishkâh
a room in a building (whether for storage, eating, or lodging)
Study H3957 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →עַד ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
Study H5705 →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 →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 love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
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