The Meaning of Song Of Solomon 8:8 Explained

Song Of Solomon 8:8

KJV: We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

YLT: We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her?

Darby: We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for? --

ASV: We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts: What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

We have a little  sister,  and she hath no breasts:  what shall we do  for our sister  in the day  when she shall be spoken for? 

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

A sister we have little and breasts has no she what shall we do for our sister in the day when is spoken for she
אָח֥וֹת לָ֙נוּ֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְשָׁדַ֖יִם אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ מַֽה־ נַּעֲשֶׂה֙ לַאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ בַּיּ֖וֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־ ؟ בָּֽהּ

אָח֥וֹת  A  sister 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
לָ֙נוּ֙  we  have 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
קְטַנָּ֔ה  little 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: קָטָן 
Sense: young, small, insignificant, unimportant.
וְשָׁדַ֖יִם  and  breasts 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, md
Root: שַׁד 
Sense: breast, bosom, (female) breast.
אֵ֣ין  has  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
לָ֑הּ  she 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
נַּעֲשֶׂה֙  shall  we  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לַאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ  for  our  sister 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: אָחֹות  
Sense: sister.
בַּיּ֖וֹם  in  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־  when  is  spoken  for 
Parse: Pronoun, relative, Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
؟ בָּֽהּ  she 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular