Song of Solomon 3:5

הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם בִּצְבָאוֹת אוֹ בְּאַיְלוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה אִם ־ תָּעִירוּ ׀ וְֽאִם ־ תְּעֽוֹרְרוּ אֶת ־ הָאַהֲבָה עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

In Context

4כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי מֵהֶם עַד שֶֽׁמָּצָאתִי אֵת שֶׁאָהֲבָה נַפְשִׁי אֲחַזְתִּיו וְלֹא אַרְפֶּנּוּ עַד ־ שֶׁהֲבֵיאתִיו אֶל ־ בֵּית אִמִּי וְאֶל ־ חֶדֶר הוֹרָתִֽי ׃

6מִי זֹאת עֹלָה מִן ־ הַמִּדְבָּר כְּתִֽימֲרוֹת עָשָׁן מְקֻטֶּרֶת מוֹר וּלְבוֹנָה מִכֹּל אַבְקַת רוֹכֵֽל ׃

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 2:6שְׂמֹאלוֹ תַּחַת לְרֹאשִׁי וִימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי ׃

Song of Solomon 8:4הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם מַה ־ תָּעִירוּ ׀ וּֽמַה ־ תְּעֹֽרְרוּ אֶת ־ הָאַהֲבָה עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ ׃ ס

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 3:2-6

The Love of the Church to Christ. 1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him… Read the whole commentary →

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