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Song of Solomon 8:4

In Song of Solomon 8 of Song of Solomon.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

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הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּיhishbatiswearשָׁבַעverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “swear”, a completed actionH7650to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)adjure, charge (by an oath, with an oath), feed to the full (by mistake for H7646 (שָׂבַע)), take an oath, [idiom] straitly, (cause to, make to) swear.אֶתְכֶ֖םetkhemobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בְּנ֣וֹתbenotdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םyerushalimJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםnoun, proper name — “Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.מַהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.תָּעִ֧ירוּtairvwakeעוּרverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “wake”, an unfinished actionH5782to wake (literally or figuratively)(a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self).וּֽמַהumahand howמָהconjunction, particle, interrogative — “and how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.תְּעֹֽרְר֛וּteorervwakeעוּרverb, polel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “wake”, an unfinished actionH5782to wake (literally or figuratively)(a-) wake(-n, up), lift up (self), [idiom] master, raise (up), stir up (self).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאַהֲבָ֖הhaahavahthe loveאַהֲבָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the love”, the ordinary formH160{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}love.עַ֥דadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץshetechpatswho desireחָפֵץparticle, relative, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “who desire”, an unfinished actionH2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire[idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem: Why should ye awaken, or stir up love, until it please?'

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American Standard Version (1901)

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

Young’s Literal Translation

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!

World English Bible

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends

Darby Translation

I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, ...Why should ye stir up, why awake [my] love, till he please?

Douay-Rheims

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem: Why should ye awaken, or stir up love, until it please?'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the virtues of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὥρκισα ὑμᾶς θυγατέρες Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν ταῖς ἰσχύσεσι τοῦ ἀγροῦ· ἐὰν ἐγείρητε καὶ ἐὰν ἐξεγείρητε τὴν ἀγάπην ἕως ἂν θελήσῃ.