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The voiceקוֹלof my beloved!דּוֹדִיLook,הִנֵּהhere heזֶהcomes,בָּאleapingמְדַלֵּגover the mountains,עַל הֶהָרִיםboundingמְקַפֵּץover the hills.עַל הַגְּבָעוֹת
Song of Songs 2:8
Study it in the app“The voice of my beloved! Look, here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 2:8, word by word
- The voiceקוֹלkol
voice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appears- of my belovedדּוֹדִdodi
beloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appears- comesבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- leapingמְדַלֵּגmedaleg
leap
Leap, spring; jump over something.
Where else “medaleg” appears- over the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- boundingמְקַפֵּץmekapets
bound
To move in leaps, lightly, hardly touching the ground.
Where else “mekapets” appears- over the hillsגְּבָעוֹתgevaot
hill
Hill.
Where else “gevaot” appears
The context
7I 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9My beloved is like a gazelle or a fawn. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattices.