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Untilעַד שֶׁthe dayהַיּוֹםbreathesיָּפוּחַand the shadowsוְ הַצְּלָלִיםflee,נָסוּturn,סֹבmy beloved,דוֹדִיbe likeדְּמֵה לְךָa gazelleלִצְבִיorאוֹa fawnלְעֹפֶר הָאַיָּלִיםon the mountainsעַל הָרֵיof Bether.בָתֶר
Song of Songs 2:17
Study it in the app“Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle or a fawn on the mountains of Bether.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 2:17, word by word
- the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- breathesיָּפוּחַyafuach
blow
To blow air out forcefully, like the wind or the breath of God.
Where else “yafuach” appears- and the shadowsצְּלָלִיםtselalim
shade
Shade.
Where else “tselalim” appears- fleeנָסוּnasu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasu” appears- turnסֹבsov
turn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “sov” appears- my belovedדוֹדִdodi
beloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appears- be likeדְּמֵהdeme
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “deme” appears- a gazelleצְבִיtsevi
gazelle
A light, handsome animal of the deer family, which could be hunted and eaten.
Where else “tsevi” appears- a fawnעֹפֶרofer
fawn, young stag
A fawn, the young of a deer or gazelle.
Where else “ofer” appears- a fawnאַיָּלִיםayalim
deer, stag
Deer, stag.
Where else “ayalim” appears- on the mountainsהָרֵיhare
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “hare” appears- of Betherבָתֶרvater
Bether
Bether (a place; or "separation").
Where else “vater” appears
Translation note
“Bether” can be the name of a place or mean “the mountains of separation.”
The context
16My beloved is mine, and I am his, the one who pastures among the lilies.
17 · This verse (above)