The Meaning of Song Of Solomon 8:9 Explained

Song Of Solomon 8:9

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

YLT: 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.

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What do the individual words in Song Of Solomon 8:9 mean?

if a wall she [is] we will build upon her a battlement of silver and if a door we will enclose her with boards of cedar
אִם־ חוֹמָ֣ה הִ֔יא נִבְנֶ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ טִ֣ירַת כָּ֑סֶף וְאִם־ דֶּ֣לֶת נָצ֥וּר עָלֶ֖יהָ ל֥וּחַ אָֽרֶז

חוֹמָ֣ה  a  wall 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֹומָה  
Sense: wall.
הִ֔יא  she  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
נִבְנֶ֥ה  we  will  build 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
עָלֶ֖יהָ  upon  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
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.
טִ֣ירַת  a  battlement 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: טִירָה  
Sense: encampment, battlement.
כָּ֑סֶף  of  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
וְאִם־  and  if 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אִם  
Sense: if.
דֶּ֣לֶת  a  door 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דַּל 
Sense: door, gate.
נָצ֥וּר  we  will  enclose 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: צוּר 
Sense: to bind, besiege, confine, cramp.
עָלֶ֖יהָ  her 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
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.
ל֥וּחַ  with  boards 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לוּחַ  
Sense: board, slab, tablet, plank.
אָֽרֶז  of  cedar 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶרֶז  
Sense: cedar.