Song of Songs 8:14

“Flee, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a fawn on the mountains of balsams.”

Song of Songs 8:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Song of Songs 8:14, word by word

Fleeבְּרַחberach

flee

To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.

Where else “berach” appears
my belovedדּוֹדִdodi

beloved

The one who is loved.

Where else “dodi” appears
and be likeדְמֵהdeme

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 balsamsבְשָׂמִיםvesamim

spice, balsam

Spices with a pleasing smell; balsam.

Where else “vesamim” appears

The context

13You who dwell in the gardens, companions are listening for your voice; let me hear it.

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