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Song of Solomon 8:14

In Song of Solomon 8 of Song of Solomon.

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

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בְּרַ֣חberachfleeבָּרַחverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “flee”, a commandH1272to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenlychase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.דּוֹדִ֗יdodiuncleדּוֹדnoun, 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.וּֽדְמֵהudemehand compareדָּמָהconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and compare”, a commandH1819to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, considercompare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.לְךָ֤lekhatoלְךָ֤preposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלִצְבִי֙litsvito beautifulצְבִיpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to beautiful”, the ordinary formH6643splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).א֚וֹvoalsoאוֹconjunction — “also”H176desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also ifalso, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.לְעֹ֣פֶרleoferto young roeעֹפֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to young roe”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6082a fawn (from the dusty color)young roe (hart).הָֽאַיָּלִ֔יםhaayalimthe hartאַיָּלdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “the hart”, the ordinary formH354a stag or male deerhart.עַ֖לalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…הָרֵ֥יharehillהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “hill”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.בְשָׂמִֽיםvesamimsmellבֶּשֶׂםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “smell”, the ordinary formH1314fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plantsmell, spice, sweet (odour).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a gazelle or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

Young’s Literal Translation

Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!

World English Bible

Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

Darby Translation

Haste, my beloved, And be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

Douay-Rheims

Flee away, O my beloved, and be like to the roe, and to the young hart upon the mountains of aromatical spices.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a gazelle or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe or a fawn on the mountains of spices.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Φύγε ἀδελφιδέ μου, καὶ ὁμοιώθητι τῇ δορκάδι, ἢ τῷ νεβρῷ τῶν ἐλάφων ἐπὶ ὄρη τῶν ἀρωμάτων.