Song of Solomon 4:12
Strong's Lexicon
My sister,
אֲחֹתִ֣י (’ă·ḥō·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 269: 1) sister 1a) sister (same parents) 1b) half-sister (same father) 1c) relative 1c1)(metaph) of Israel's and Judah's relationship 1d) beloved 1d1) bride 1e) (fig.) of intimate connection 1f) another

my bride,
כַלָּ֑ה (ḵal·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3618: 1) bride, daughter-in-law 1a) daughter-in-law 1b) bride, young wife

[you are] a garden
גַּ֥ן ׀ (gan)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1588: n m/f 1) garden, enclosure 1a) enclosed garden 1a1) (fig. of a bride) 1b) garden (of plants) n pr loc 1c) Garden of Eden

locked up,
נָע֖וּל (nā·‘ūl)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5274: 1) to bar, lock, bolt 1a) (Qal) to bar, lock, bolt 2) to furnish with sandals, shoe 2a) (Qal) to shoe 2b) (Hiphil) to give sandals

a spring
גַּ֥ל (gal)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1530: 1) heap, spring, wave, billow 1a) heap (of stones) 1a1) over dead body 1a2) alone 1a3) used in ratifying a covenant 1b) waves (fig. of chastisement of Jehovah) 1c) spring

enclosed,
נָע֖וּל (nā·‘ūl)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5274: 1) to bar, lock, bolt 1a) (Qal) to bar, lock, bolt 2) to furnish with sandals, shoe 2a) (Qal) to shoe 2b) (Hiphil) to give sandals

a fountain
מַעְיָ֥ן (ma‘·yān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4599: 1) spring

sealed.
חָתֽוּם׃ (ḥā·ṯūm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2856: 1) to seal, seal up, affix a seal 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to seal, affix one's seal 1a2) to seal up, fasten up by sealing 1b) (Niphal) to seal 1c) (Piel) to lock up 1d) (Hiphil) to be stopped

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Young's Literal Translation
A garden shut up [is] my sister-spouse, A spring shut up—a fountain sealed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden —   a locked garden and a sealed spring. 

New American Standard Bible
"A garden locked is my sister, [my] bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

King James Bible
A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.

New Living Translation
You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.

English Standard Version
A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed.

New American Standard Bible
"A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

King James Bible
A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My sister, my bride, you are a locked garden-- a locked garden and a sealed spring.

International Standard Version
My sister, my bride, is a locked garden a locked rock garden, a sealed up spring.

NET Bible
You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.

American Standard Version
A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

English Revised Version
A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Young's Literal Translation
A garden shut up is my sister-spouse, A spring shut up -- a fountain sealed.
















Cross References
Genesis 29:3
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.

Proverbs 5:15
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Proverbs 5:16
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

Proverbs 5:18
Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Song of Solomon 4:9
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

Song of Solomon 1:1
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Song of Solomon 4:11
Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 4:10
How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Song of Solomon 4:13
Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

Song of Solomon 4:14
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

Song of Solomon 4:15
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
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