Song of Solomon 8:9

Authorized King James Version

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If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

Original Language Analysis

אִם H518
אִם
Strong's: H518
Word #: 1 of 14
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
חוֹמָ֣ה If she be a wall H2346
חוֹמָ֣ה If she be a wall
Strong's: H2346
Word #: 2 of 14
a wall of protection
הִ֔יא H1931
הִ֔יא
Strong's: H1931
Word #: 3 of 14
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
נִבְנֶ֥ה we will build H1129
נִבְנֶ֥ה we will build
Strong's: H1129
Word #: 4 of 14
to build (literally and figuratively)
עָלֶ֖יהָ H5921
עָלֶ֖יהָ
Strong's: H5921
Word #: 5 of 14
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
טִ֣ירַת upon her a palace H2918
טִ֣ירַת upon her a palace
Strong's: H2918
Word #: 6 of 14
a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet
כָּ֑סֶף of silver H3701
כָּ֑סֶף of silver
Strong's: H3701
Word #: 7 of 14
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
וְאִם H518
וְאִם
Strong's: H518
Word #: 8 of 14
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
דֶּ֣לֶת and if she be a door H1817
דֶּ֣לֶת and if she be a door
Strong's: H1817
Word #: 9 of 14
something swinging, i.e., the valve of a door
הִ֔יא H1931
הִ֔יא
Strong's: H1931
Word #: 10 of 14
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
נָצ֥וּר we will inclose H6696
נָצ֥וּר we will inclose
Strong's: H6696
Word #: 11 of 14
to cramp, i.e., confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
עָלֶ֖יהָ H5921
עָלֶ֖יהָ
Strong's: H5921
Word #: 12 of 14
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
ל֥וּחַ her with boards H3871
ל֥וּחַ her with boards
Strong's: H3871
Word #: 13 of 14
probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal
אָֽרֶז׃ of cedar H730
אָֽרֶז׃ of cedar
Strong's: H730
Word #: 14 of 14
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)