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My belovedדוֹדִיis likeדּוֹמֶהa gazelleלִצְבִיorאוֹa fawn.לְעֹפֶר הָאַיָּלִיםLook,הִנֵּהthere heזֶהstandsעוֹמֵדbehindאַחַרour wall,כָּתְלֵנוּgazingמַשְׁגִּיחַthrough the windows,מִן הַחֲלֹּנוֹתpeeringמֵצִיץthrough the lattices.מִן הַחֲרַכִּים
Song of Songs 2:9
Study it in the app“My beloved is like a gazelle or a fawn. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattices.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 2:9, word by word
- My belovedדוֹדִdodi
beloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appears- is likeדּוֹמֶהdome
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “dome” 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- standsעוֹמֵדomed
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omed” appears- our wallכָּתְלֵkatle
wall
A wall.
Where else “katle” appears- gazingמַשְׁגִּיחַmashgiach
gaze
To look closely, to fix one's gaze from a place.
Where else “mashgiach” appears- through the windowsחֲלֹּנוֹתchalonot
window
Window: an opening in a wall.
Where else “chalonot” appears- peeringמֵצִיץmetsits
peer
To look secretly through a crack.
Where else “metsits” appears- through the latticesחֲרַכִּיםcharakim
lattice
A lattice.
Where else “charakim” appears
The context
8The voice of my beloved! Look, here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
9 · This verse (above)
10My beloved answered and said to me, “Arise, my companion, my beautiful one, and come away;