OET interlinear SNG 6:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

שׁ֤וּבִי שׁ֨וּבִי֙ הַ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית שׁ֥וּבִי שׁ֖וּבִי וְ⁠נֶחֱזֶה־בָּ֑⁠ךְ

(shūⱱī shūⱱī ha⁠shshūlammit shūⱱī shūⱱī və⁠neḩₑzeh-bā⁠k)

It is difficult to know with certainty who is saying this. Because the author does not say who is speaking here, you should not indicate a speaker in the text of your translation. However, if you are using section headers, the speaker could be: (1) the young women of Jerusalem. If you decide this is who is speaking, you can indicate that with a section header. (2) friends of the man and woman. If you decide that this is who is speaking, you can place a section header indicating that. (3) the man. If you decide that this is who is speaking here, you can use a section header to indicate that.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית & בַּ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית

(ha⁠shshūlammit & ba⁠shshūlammit)

The word translated as Shulammite refers to someone who is from the town of Shulam. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could include this information. Alternate translation: [woman from Shulam … at the woman from Shulam]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

שׁ֤וּבִי שׁ֨וּבִי֙ הַ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית שׁ֥וּבִי שׁ֖וּבִי וְ⁠נֶחֱזֶה־בָּ֑⁠ךְ

(shūⱱī shūⱱī ha⁠shshūlammit shūⱱī shūⱱī və⁠neḩₑzeh-bā⁠k)

The man is repeating the verb return for emphasis. If your language can repeat words for emphasis, it would be good to do that here. If not, your language may express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [Return Shulammite, return and let us look at you] or [Please return Shulammite, and let us look at you]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

מַֽה־תֶּחֱזוּ֙ בַּ⁠שּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית כִּ⁠מְחֹלַ֖ת הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנָֽיִם

(mah-teḩₑzū ba⁠shshūlammit ki⁠məḩolat ha⁠mmaḩₐnāyim)

It is difficult to know with certainty who is saying this. Because the author does not say who is speaking here, you should not indicate this in the text of your translation. However, if you are using section headers to indicate who is speaking, the speaker could be: (1) the man. If you decide that the man is speaking here, you can indicate this with a section header above this part of the verse. (2) the woman speaking of herself in the third person. If you decide that the woman is speaking here, you can place a section header indicating this.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כִּ⁠מְחֹלַ֖ת הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנָֽיִם

(ki⁠məḩolat ha⁠mmaḩₐnāyim)

The speaker is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need to be complete. You could supply these words from the context if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [like you look at the dance of two armies] or [like you would look at the dance of two armies]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כִּ⁠מְחֹלַ֖ת הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנָֽיִם

(ki⁠məḩolat ha⁠mmaḩₐnāyim)

This phrase could be translated as: (1) like the dance of two armies which refers to a dance that is performed as entertainment for armies. Alternate translation: [like a dance performed before armies] (2) “like the dance of Mahanaim” (3) “like two rows of dancers” or “like two companies of dancers” and mean “as you like to watch two rows of people dancing.” See the section in the chapter 6 introduction for more information about how to translate this phrase.