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Song of Solomon 2:17

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← Song of Solomon 2:16	Song of Solomon 2:17 (KJV)	Song of Solomon 3:1 →
My beloved [is] mine, and I [am] his: he feedeth among the lilies.	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.	By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Until the day^H3117 break^H6315, and the shadows^H6752 flee away^H5127, turn^H5437, my beloved^H1730, and be thou like^H1819 a roe^H6643 or a young^H6082 hart^H354 upon the mountains^H2022 of Bether^H1336.

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Original Hebrew

עַד שֶׁיָּפוּחַ הַיֹּום וְנָסוּ הַצְּלָלִים סֹב דְּמֵה־לְךָ דֹודִי לִצְבִי אֹו לְעֹפֶר הָאַיָּלִים עַל־הָרֵי בָתֶר׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עַ֤ד	'ad	H5704	HR	until
שֶׁ/יָּפ֨וּחַ֙	shei./ya.Fu.ach	H6315	HTr/Vqi3ms	that/ (it) will breathe
הַ/יּ֔וֹם	hai./Yom	H3117	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ day
וְ/נָ֖סוּ	ve./Na.su	H5127	HC/Vqq3cp	and/ they will flee
הַ/צְּלָלִ֑ים	ha./tze.la.Lim	H6752	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ shadows
סֹב֩	so	H5437	HVqv2ms	turn
דְּמֵה	de.meh-	H1819	HVqv2ms	be like
לְ/ךָ֨	le./Kha		HR/Sp2ms	(for)/ yourself
דוֹדִ֜/י	do.D/i	H1730	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	O lover/ my
לִ/צְבִ֗י	li/tz.Vi	H6643	HR/Ncbsa	(to)/ a gazelle
א֛וֹ	'o	H176	HC	or
לְ/עֹ֥פֶר	le./'O.fer	H6082	HR/Ncmsc	(to)/ (the) fawn of
הָ/אַיָּלִ֖ים	ha./'ai.ya.Lim	H354	HTd/Ncbpa	the/ deer(s)
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
הָ֥רֵי	Ha.rei	H2022	HNcmpc	(the) mountains of
בָֽתֶר	Va.ter	H1336	HNcmpa	ravine(s)

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H354 — אַיָּל (ʼayâl, ah-yawl'): an intensive form of אַיִל (in the sense of ram); a stag or male deer; hart.
• H1336 — בֶּתֶר (Bether, beh'-ther): the same as בֶּתֶר; Bether, a (craggy) place in Palestine; Bether.
• H1730 — דּוֹד (dôwd, dode): or (shortened) דֹּד; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.; (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle; (well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
• H1819 — דָּמָה (dâmâh, daw-maw'): a primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider; compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
• H2022 — הַר (har, har): a shortened form of הָרָר; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively); hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H5127 — נוּס (nûwç, noos): a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver); [idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.
• H5437 — סָבַב (çâbab, saw-bab'): a primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively; bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, [idiom] on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
• H6082 — עֹפֶר (ʻôpher, o'-fer): from עָפַר; a fawn (from the dusty color); young roe (hart).
• H6315 — פּוּחַ (pûwach, poo'akh): a primitive root; to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff; blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
• H6643 — צְבִי (tsᵉbîy, tseb-ee'): from צָבָה in the sense of prominence; splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful); beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).
• H6752 — צֵלֶל (tsêlel, tsay'-lel): from צָלַל; shade; shadow.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H176 — אוֹ (ʼôw, o): presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for אַוָּה; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if; also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
• H5704 — עַד (ʻad, ad): properly, the same as עַד (used as a preposition, adverb or conjunction; especially with a preposition); as 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.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, 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, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• the day — Luke 1:78, Romans 13:12, 2 Peter 1:19
• the shadows — Hebrews 8:5, Hebrews 10:1

Reciprocal references (4): Genesis 32:24, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:29, Jeremiah 6:4

Related Topics

• Nave’s: BETHER

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