The Meaning of Song Of Solomon 4:4 Explained

Song Of Solomon 4:4

KJV: Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

YLT: As the tower of David is thy neck, built for an armoury, The chief of the shields are hung on it, All shields of the mighty.

Darby: Thy neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armoury: A thousand bucklers hang thereon, All shields of mighty men.

ASV: Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thy neck  [is] like the tower  of David  builded  for an armoury,  whereon there hang  a thousand  bucklers,  all shields  of mighty men. 

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

Like the tower of David Your neck [is] Built for an armory a thousand bucklers hang On which all shields of mighty men
כְּמִגְדַּ֤ל דָּוִיד֙ צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ בָּנ֖וּי לְתַלְפִּיּ֑וֹת אֶ֤לֶף הַמָּגֵן֙ תָּל֣וּי עָלָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל שִׁלְטֵ֥י הַגִּבּוֹרִֽים

כְּמִגְדַּ֤ל  Like  the  tower 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִגְדָּל  
Sense: tower.
דָּוִיד֙  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ  Your  neck  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: צַוָּאר 
Sense: neck, back of neck.
בָּנ֖וּי  Built 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
לְתַלְפִּיּ֑וֹת  for  an  armory 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural
Root: תַּלְפִּיּׄות  
Sense: weapons, armoury, armaments.
אֶ֤לֶף  a  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular construct
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
הַמָּגֵן֙  bucklers 
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular
Root: מָגֵן 
Sense: shield, buckler.
תָּל֣וּי  hang 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: תָּלָה  
Sense: to hang.
עָלָ֔יו  On  which 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שִׁלְטֵ֥י  shields 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: שֶׁלֶט  
Sense: shield.
הַגִּבּוֹרִֽים  of  mighty  men 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine plural
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.