The Meaning of Song Of Solomon 4:12 Explained

Song Of Solomon 4:12

KJV: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

YLT: A garden shut up is my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.

Darby: A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

ASV: A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

A garden  inclosed  [is] my sister,  [my] spouse;  a spring  shut up,  a fountain  sealed. 

What do the individual words in Song Of Solomon 4:12 mean?

A garden enclosed [Is] my sister [my] spouse a spring shut up a fountain sealed
גַּ֥ן ׀ נָע֖וּל אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה גַּ֥ל נָע֖וּל מַעְיָ֥ן חָתֽוּם

גַּ֥ן ׀  A  garden 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: גַּן 
Sense: garden, enclosure.
נָע֖וּל  enclosed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: נָעַל 
Sense: to bar, lock, bolt.
אֲחֹתִ֣י  [Is]  my  sister 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
כַלָּ֑ה  [my]  spouse 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: כַּלָּה  
Sense: bride, daughter-in-law.
גַּ֥ל  a  spring 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גַּל 
Sense: heap, spring, wave, billow.
נָע֖וּל  shut  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: נָעַל 
Sense: to bar, lock, bolt.
מַעְיָ֥ן  a  fountain 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַעְיָן  
Sense: spring.
חָתֽוּם  sealed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: חָתַם  
Sense: to seal, seal up, affix a seal.