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My belovedדּוֹדִיis mine,לִיand Iוַאֲנִיam his,לוֹthe one who pasturesהָרֹעֶהamong the lilies.בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים
Song of Songs 2:16
Study it in the app“My beloved is mine, and I am his, the one who pastures among the lilies.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 2:16, word by word
- My belovedדּוֹדִdodi
beloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appears- the one who pasturesרֹעֶהroe
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “roe” appears- among the liliesשּׁוֹשַׁנִּיםshoshanim
lily
Lily: a white flower. In the temple, an ornament shaped like a lily on capitals and rims. Also the name of a tune in the titles of psalms, and of the city of Susa.
Where else “shoshanim” appears
The context
15Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin vineyards, and our vineyards are in blossom.
16 · This verse (above)
17Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a fawn on the mountains of Bether.