Song of Solomon 8

Song of Solomon · Chapter 8

Song of Solomon 8:14

1O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.2I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.3His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.6Set 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.7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.8We 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?9If 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.10I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.11Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
hastenבְּרַ֣ח׀be-RACHH1272
to flee

בָּרַח (ba.rach) 1) to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, pass through 1a2) to flee 1a3) to hasten, come quickly 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to pass through 1b2) to cause to flee, put to flight 1b3) to drive away

O lover myדּוֹדִ֗יdo-DIH1730G
beloved

דּוֹד (dod) : beloved 1) beloved, love, uncle 1a) loved one, beloved 1b) uncle 1c) love (pl. abstract)

and be likeוּֽדְמֵה־u-de-meh-H1819
to resemble

דָּמָה (da.mah) 1) to be like, resemble 1a) (Qal) to be like, resemble 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to liken, compare 1b2) to imagine, think 1c) (Hithpael) to make oneself like 1d) (Niphal) Aramaic equivalent: de.mah (דְּמָה "be like" H1821)

to a gazelleלִצְבִי֙litz-VIH6643B
gazelle

צְבִי (tse.vi) 1) roebuck, gazelle 1a) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown Also means: tse.viy.yah (צְבִיָּה "gazelle" H6646)

orא֚וֹ'oH0176A
or

אוֹ (o) 1) or, rather 1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred 1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle 1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or 1d) if perchance 1e) except, or else 2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then

to [the] fawn ofלְעֹ֣פֶרle-'O-ferH6082
fawn

עֹ֫פֶר (o.pher) deer, fawn, stag, young hart

the deersהָֽאַיָּלִ֔יםha-'ai-ya-LIMH0354
deer

אַיָּל (ay.yal) stag, deer, hart

onעַ֖ל'alH5921A
upon

עַל (al) prep 1) 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 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) …

mountains ofהָרֵ֥יha-REIH2022G
mountain: mount

הַר (har) : mount/hill hill, mountain, hill country, mount

spicesבְשָׂמִֽים׃ve-sa-MIMH1314
spice

בֶּ֫שֶׂם (be.sem) 1) spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume 2) (TWOT) sweet, sweet smell, sweet odour

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