Study it in the app“I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you not awaken nor arouse love until it pleases.”
The daughters of Jerusalem are made to swear not to awaken love until it pleasesDating and Marriage
I make you swear,הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶםdaughtersבְּנוֹתof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםby the gazellesבִּצְבָאוֹתorאוֹby the doesבְּאַיְלוֹתof the field,הַשָּׂדֶהthat you notאִםawakenתָּעִירוּnorוְאִםarouseתְּעוֹרְרוּloveאֶת הָאַהֲבָהuntilעַד שֶׁit pleases.תֶּחְפָּץ
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishbati” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsgazelle
A light, handsome animal of the deer family, which could be hunted and eaten.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsdoe
Doe, female deer.
Where else “aylot” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsawake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “tairu” appearslove
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahava” appearsdesire
To wish for something, be willing.
Where else “techpats” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
7 · This verse (above)
8The voice of my beloved! Look, here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
