KJV: I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
YLT: Dark am I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
Darby: I am black, but comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
ASV: I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
שְׁחוֹרָ֤ה | [am] dark |
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: שָׁחֹר Sense: black. |
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וְֽנָאוָ֔ה | but lovely |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adjective, feminine singular Root: נָאוֶה Sense: comely, beautiful, seemly. |
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בְּנ֖וֹת | daughters |
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: בַּת Sense: daughter. |
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יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | of Jerusalem |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split. |
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כְּאָהֳלֵ֣י | Like the tents |
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אֹהֶל Sense: tent. |
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קֵדָ֔ר | of Kedar |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: קֵדָר Sense: a son of Ishmael. |
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כִּירִיע֖וֹת | Like the curtains |
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, feminine plural construct Root: יְרִיעָה Sense: curtain, drape. |
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שְׁלֹמֹֽה | of Solomon |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: שְׁלֹמֹה Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs. |