The Meaning of Song Of Solomon 8:6 Explained

Song Of Solomon 8:6

KJV: Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

YLT: Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings are burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

Darby: Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah.

ASV: Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol; The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Set  me as a seal  upon thine heart,  as a seal  upon thine arm:  for love  [is] strong  as death;  jealousy  [is] cruel  as the grave:  the coals  thereof [are] coals  of fire,  [which hath a] most vehement flame. 

What do the individual words in Song Of Solomon 8:6 mean?

Set me as a seal upon your heart as a seal your arm For [is as] strong as death love [as] cruel as the grave Jealousy Its flames [are] flames of fire a most vehement flame
שִׂימֵ֨נִי כַֽחוֹתָ֜ם עַל־ לִבֶּ֗ךָ כַּֽחוֹתָם֙ זְרוֹעֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־ עַזָּ֤ה כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ אַהֲבָ֔ה קָשָׁ֥ה כִשְׁא֖וֹל קִנְאָ֑ה רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ רִשְׁפֵּ֕י אֵ֖שׁ שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְיָֽה

שִׂימֵ֨נִי  Set  me 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, first person common singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
כַֽחוֹתָ֜ם  as  a  seal 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹותָם  
Sense: seal, signet, signet-ring.
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
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.
לִבֶּ֗ךָ  your  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
כַּֽחוֹתָם֙  as  a  seal 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹותָם  
Sense: seal, signet, signet-ring.
זְרוֹעֶ֔ךָ  your  arm 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: זְרֹועַ  
Sense: arm, forearm, shoulder, strength.
עַזָּ֤ה  [is  as]  strong 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: עַז 
Sense: strong, mighty, fierce.
כַמָּ֙וֶת֙  as  death 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.
אַהֲבָ֔ה  love 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַהֲבָה 
Sense: love.
קָשָׁ֥ה  [as]  cruel 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: קָשֶׁה  
Sense: hard, cruel, severe, obstinate.
כִשְׁא֖וֹל  as  the  grave 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, common singular
Root: שְׁאֹול  
Sense: sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit.
קִנְאָ֑ה  Jealousy 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קִנְאָה  
Sense: ardour, zeal, jealousy.
רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ  Its  flames  [are] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: רֶשֶׁף  
Sense: flame, firebolt, spark.
רִשְׁפֵּ֕י  flames 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֶשֶׁף  
Sense: flame, firebolt, spark.
אֵ֖שׁ  of  fire 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְיָֽה  a  most  vehement  flame 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שַׁלְהֶבֶת 
Sense: flame.