Song of Solomon 2

Song of Solomon · Chapter 2

Song of Solomon 2:1

1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
Iאֲנִי֙'a-NIH0589
me

אֲנָא (a.na) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis) Aramaic of a.ni (אֲנִי, אָֽנֹכִ֫י "I" H0589)

[am] [the] crocus ofחֲבַצֶּ֣לֶתcha-va-TZE-letH2261
crocus

חֲבַצֶּלֶת (cha.vats.tse.let) meadow-saffron, crocus, rose

the Sharonהַשָּׁר֔וֹןha-sha-RONH8289I
Sharon

שָׁרוֹן (sha.ron) This name means plain, level Sharon = "a plain" the district lying between the mountains of central Palestine and the Mediterranean Sea and north of Joppa

the lily ofשֽׁוֹשַׁנַּ֖תsho-sha-NATH7799
lily

שׁוּשַׁן (shu.shan) 1) lily 1a) probably any lily-like flower 1b) Shoshannim, in title of Ps 45:1

the valleysהָעֲמָקִֽים׃ha-'a-ma-KIMH6010R
valley

עֵ֫מֶק (e.meq) valley, vale, lowland, open country

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.