Study it in the app“Scarcely had I passed from them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and I will not let him go until I have brought him into the house of my mother, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.”
She finds the one her soul loves, holds him, and will not let goDating and Marriage
Scarcelyכִּמְעַטhad I passedשֶׁעָבַרְתִּיfrom themמֵהֶםwhenעַד שֶׁI foundמָּצָאתִיhim whomאֵת שֶׁmy soulנַפְשִׁיloves.אָהֲבָהI held himאֲחַזְתִּיוand I will notוְלֹאlet him goאַרְפֶּנּוּuntilעַד שֶׁI have brought himהֲבֵיאתִיוinto the houseאֶל בֵּיתof my mother,אִמִּיand into the chamberוְאֶל חֶדֶרof her who conceived me.הוֹרָתִי
almost
A short while, or very nearly: barely, by a little.
Where else “meat” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarti” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsati” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appearslove
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahava” appearsseize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “achazti” appearslet go
To let go, leave: "let me go".
Where else “arpe” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “haveti” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appearsinner room
Inner room, private chamber.
Where else “cheder” appearsconceive
Become pregnant, conceive; figuratively, conceive a plan.
Where else “horati” appears3The watchmen who go around in the city found me. “Him whom my soul loves, have you seen?”
4 · This verse (above)
5I 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.
