Song of Solomon 2

Song of Solomon · Chapter 2

Song of Solomon 2:15

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
15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.Catch for us the foxes— the little foxes that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyards are in bloom.Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
seizeאֶֽחֱזוּ־'e-che-zu-H0270
to grasp

אָחַז (a.chaz) 1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession 1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of 1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled 1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay 1d) (Hophal) fastened

foxesשֽׁוּעָלִ֔יםshu-'a-LIMH7776
fox

שׁוּעָל (shu.al) 1) fox, a burrower 1a) fox 1b) perhaps also jackal

foxesשֽׁוּעָלִ֥יםshu-'a-LIMH7776
fox

שׁוּעָל (shu.al) 1) fox, a burrower 1a) fox 1b) perhaps also jackal

smallקְטַנִּ֖יםke-ta-NIMH6996A
small

קָטָן (qa.tan) young, small, unimportant Another spelling of qa.ton (קָטֹן ": small" H6996B)

[which] ruinמְחַבְּלִ֣יםme-cha-be-LIMH2254B
to destroy

חָבַל (cha.val) 1) to destroy, spoil, deal corruptly, offend 1a) (Qal) to spoil, corrupt, offend 1b) (Niphal) to be ruined 1c) (Piel) to destroy, ruin 1d) (Pual) to be ruined, be broken Aramaic equivalent: cha.val (חֲבַל "to destroy" H2255)

vineyardsכְּרָמִ֑יםke-ra-MIMH3754
vineyard

כֶּרֶם (ke.rem) vineyard

and vineyards ourוּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּu-khe-ra-MEI-nuH3754
vineyard

כֶּרֶם (ke.rem) vineyard

[are] blossomסְמָדַֽר׃se-ma-DARH5563
blossom

סְמַדֵר (se.ma.dar) grape blossom, grape bud

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