Song of Songs 2:14

“My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding place of the steep slope, let me see your form, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your form lovely.”

Song of Songs 2:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Song of Songs 2:14, word by word

My doveיוֹנָתִyonati

dove

A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.

Where else “yonati” appears
in the cleftsחַגְוֵיchagve

cleft

A cleft in the rock.

Where else “chagve” appears
of the rockסֶּלַעsela

crag

A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.

Where else “sela” appears
in the hiding placeסֵתֶרseter

hiding place

A place where someone hides or is kept safe, as under God's shelter.

Where else “seter” appears
of the steep slopeמַּדְרֵגָהmadrega

steep place

A steep place, a step in the rock.

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let me seeהַרְאִיhari

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “hari” appears
your formמַרְאַיִmarayi

appearance

The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.

Where else “marayi” appears
let me hearהַשְׁמִיעִיhashmii

obey

To obey: "listen to the voice" of someone.

Where else “hashmii” appears
your voiceקוֹלֵkole

voice

What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.

Where else “kole” appears
is sweetעָרֵבarev

sweet, pleasant

Sweet, pleasant; something one likes.

Where else “arev” appears
lovelyנָאוֶהnave

lovely

Pleasing to the eye by its beauty and delicacy.

Where else “nave” appears

The context

13The fig tree has ripened its early figs, and the vines in blossom give fragrance. Arise, my companion, my beautiful one, and come away.”

14 · This verse (above)

15Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin vineyards, and our vineyards are in blossom.

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