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I make you swear,הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶםdaughtersבְּנוֹתof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִָםwhyמַהwould you awakenתָּעִירוּand whyוּמַהarouseתְּעֹרְרוּloveאֶת הָאַהֲבָהuntilעַד שֶׁit pleases?תֶּחְפָּץ
Song of Songs 8:4
Study it in the app“I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, why would you awaken and why arouse love until it pleases?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 8:4, word by word
- I make you swearהִשְׁבַּעְתִּיhishbati
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishbati” appears- daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benot” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- would you awakenתָּעִירוּtairu
awake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “tairu” appears- loveאַהֲבָהahava
love
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahava” appears- it pleasesתֶּחְפָּץtechpats
desire
To wish for something, be willing.
Where else “techpats” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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).
The context
3His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.
4 · This verse (above)
5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.