Song of Solomon 2:17
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Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
In other translations
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
Hebrew words
עַד'aduntilH5704שֶׁיָּפוּחַsheiyafuachthat <it> will breatheH6315הַיּוֹםhaiyomthe dayH3117וְנָסוּvenasuand they will fleeH5127הַצְּלָלִיםhatzelalimthe shadowsH6752סֹבsoturnH5437דְּמֵה־demeh-be likeH1819לְךָlekha<for> yourselfדוֹדִיdodiO lover myH1730לִצְבִיlitzvi<to> a gazelleH6643אוֹ'oorH176לְעֹפֶרle'ofer<to> [the] fawn ofH6082הָאַיָּלִיםha'aiyalimthe deer<s>H354עַל־'al-onH5921הָרֵיharei[the] mountains ofH2022בָתֶר׃ סvaterravine[s]H1336
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Song of Solomon 4:6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
- Hebrews 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- Song of Solomon 8:14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
- Romans 13:12The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
- Song of Solomon 2:8-98 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.8 Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills. 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
- 2 Peter 1:19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
- Hebrews 8:5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
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People and places
Places: Bether