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Song of Solomon 2:8

In Song of Solomon 2 of Song of Solomon.

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

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ק֣וֹלqolsoundקוֹלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “sound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6963a voice or sound[phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.דּוֹדִ֔יdodiuncleדּוֹדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “uncle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1730(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle(well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.הִנֵּהhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.זֶ֖הzehthe one...the otherזֶהpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “the one...the other”H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thathe, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus,…בָּ֑אbato comeבּוֹאverb, qal, participle, absolute — “to come”, a verb used as a describing wordH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…מְדַלֵּג֙medalegleapדָּלַגverb, piel, participle, absolute — “leap”, a verb used as a describing wordH1801to springleap.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הֶ֣הָרִ֔יםheharimthe hillהַרdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.מְקַפֵּ֖ץmeqapetsshutקָפַץverb, piel, participle, absolute — “shut”, a verb used as a describing wordH7092to draw together, i.e. close; by implication, to leap (by contracting the limbs); specifically, to die (from gathering up the feet)shut (up), skip, stop, take out of the way.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הַגְּבָעֽוֹתhagvaotthe hillגִּבְעָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the hill”, the ordinary formH1389a hillockhill, little hill.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

Young’s Literal Translation

The voice of my beloved! lo, this — he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

World English Bible

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

Darby Translation

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

Douay-Rheims

The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φωνὴ ἀδελφιδοῦ μου, ἰδοὺ οὗτος ἥκει πηδῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη, διαλλόμενος ἐπὶ τοὺς βουνούς.