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I opened
pathach (paw-thakh')
to open wide; specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
to my beloved
dowd (dode)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
but my beloved
dowd (dode)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
had withdrawn
chamaq (khaw-mak')
to wrap; hence, to depart (i.e. turn about) -- go about, withdraw self.
himself and was gone
`abar (aw-bar')
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
my soul
nephesh (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
failed
yatsa' (yaw-tsaw')
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
when he spake
dabar (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
I sought
baqash (baw-kash')
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
him but I could not find
matsa' (maw-tsaw')
to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
him I called
qara' (kaw-raw')
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
him but he gave me no answer
`anah (aw-naw')
to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
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