Cantar de los Cantares 3:8
Todos ellos tienen espadas, diestros en la guerra; cada uno su espada sobre su muslo, por los temores de la noche.This verse in the real world
In what words
- יָרֵךְyârêkthe thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figurativel
- פַּחַדpachada (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
- אָחַזʼâchazto seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
- לָמַדlâmadproperly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
- מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâha battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
- אִישׁʼîysha man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 45:3, Eph 6:16–18, 1Th 5:6–8, Isa 27:3, Psa 149:5–9, Psa 91:5, Neh 4:21–22