Songs 8:9
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If she be a wall: let us build upon it bulwarks of silver: if she be a door, let us join it together with boards of cedar.

a wall

Songs 2:9 My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold he standeth behind our wall, looking through the windows, looking through the lattices.

Revelation 21:12-19 And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. . . .

we will

Isaiah 58:12 And the places that have been desolate for ages shall be built in thee: thou shalt raise up the foundation of generation and generation: and thou shalt be called the repairer of the fences, turning the paths into rest.

Isaiah 60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver: and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make thy visitation peace, and thy overseers justice.

Isaiah 61:4 And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation.

Zechariah 6:12-15 And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: BEHOLD A MAN, THE ORIENT IS HIS NAME: and under him shall he spring up, and shall build a temple to the Lord. . . .

Matthew 16:18 And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Acts 15:16 After these things I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down: and the ruins thereof I will rebuild. And I will set it up:

1 Corinthians 3:10-12 According to the grace of God that is given to me, as a wise architect, I have laid the foundation: and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. . . .

Ephesians 2:20-22 Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone: . . .

a door

Acts 14:27 And when they were come and had assembled the church, they related what great things God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Context
Longing for Her Beloved
8Our sister is little, and hath no breasts. What shall we do to our sister in the day when she is to be spoken to? 9If she be a wall: let us build upon it bulwarks of silver: if she be a door, let us join it together with boards of cedar.10I am a wall: and my breasts are as a tower since I am become in his presence as one finding peace.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 22:8
When thou buildest a new house, thou shalt make a battlement to the roof round about: lest blood be shed in thy house, and thou be guilty, if any one slip, and fall down headlong.

1 Kings 6:15
And he built the walls of the house on the inside, with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the top of the walls, and to the roofs, he covered it with boards of cedar on the inside: and he covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

she
הִ֔יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is a wall,
חוֹמָ֣ה (ḥō·w·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2346: A wall of protection

we will build
נִבְנֶ֥ה (niḇ·neh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1129: To build

a tower
טִ֣ירַת (ṭî·raṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2918: A wall, a fortress, a hamlet

of silver
כָּ֑סֶף (kā·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3701: Silver, money

to protect her.
עָלֶ֖יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

If
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

she
הִ֔יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is a door,
דֶּ֣לֶת (de·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door

we will enclose
נָצ֥וּר (nā·ṣūr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6696: To confine, bind, besiege

her
עָלֶ֖יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

with panels
ל֥וּחַ (lū·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal

of cedar.
אָֽרֶז׃ (’ā·rez)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 730: A cedar tree


Additional Translations
If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver to protect her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.If she be a wall, we will build on her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver: And if she be a door, We will inclose her with boards of cedar.

If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels.

If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.

If she be a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

If she is a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she is a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved

If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar.
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