Song of Solomon 1:5
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.Song of Solomon 1:5 in the real world
In what words
- שָׁחֹרshâchôrproperly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty
- נָאוֶהnâʼvehsuitable, or beautiful
- קֵדָרQêdârKedar, a son of Ishmael; also (collectively) Bedouin (as his descendants or representative
- יְרִיעָהyᵉrîyʻâha hanging (as tremulous)
- אֹהֶלʼôhela tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
- בַּתbatha daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figu
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.