Song of Solomon 6:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"My belovedדֹּודִי֙
(do·v·di)
1730: beloved, love, unclefrom an unused word
has gone downיָרַ֣ד
(ya·rad)
3381: to come or go down, descenda prim. root
to his garden,לְגַנֹּ֔ו
(le·gan·nov,)
1588: an enclosure, gardenfrom ganan
To the bedsלַעֲרוּגֹ֖ות
(la·'a·ru·go·vt)
6170: a garden terrace or bedfrom arag
of balsam,הַבֹּ֑שֶׂם
(hab·bo·sem;)
1314: spice, balsam, the balsam treefrom an unused word
To pastureלִרְעֹות֙
(lir·'o·vt)
7462a: to pasture, tend, grazea prim. root
[his flock] in the gardensבַּגַּנִּ֔ים
(bag·gan·nim,)
1588: an enclosure, gardenfrom ganan
And gatherוְלִלְקֹ֖ט
(ve·lil·kot)
3950: to pick or gather up, gleana prim. root
lilies.שֹֽׁושַׁנִּֽים׃
(sho·v·shan·nim.)
7799: probably lily (or any lily-like flower)of uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
My beloved
dowd  (dode)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
is gone down
yarad  (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
into his garden
gan  (gan)
a garden (as fenced) -- garden.
to the beds
`aruwgah  (ar-oo-gaw')
something piled up (as if (figuratively) raised by mental aspiration), i.e. a paterre -- bed, furrow.
of spices
besem  (beh'-sem)
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant -- smell, spice, sweet (odour).
to feed
ra`ah  (raw-aw')
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze; generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
in the gardens
gan  (gan)
a garden (as fenced) -- garden.
and to gather
laqat  (law-kat')
to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean -- gather (up), glean.
lilies
shuwshan  (shoo-shan')
a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape): lily, Shoshannim.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies.

King James Bible
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My love has gone down to his garden, to beds of spice, to feed in the gardens and gather lilies.

International Standard Version
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze his flock in the gardens and gather lilies.

NET Bible
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My beloved went to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze his flock in the gardens and gather lilies.

King James 2000 Bible
My beloved has gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
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