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Song of Solomon 2

Song of Sol. 2:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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17
Untild the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
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)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
break
puwach (Hebrew #6315)
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
KJV usage: blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
Pronounce: poo'akh
Origin: a primitive root
, and the shadows
tselel (Hebrew #6752)
shade
KJV usage: shadow.
Pronounce: tsay'-lel
Origin: from 6751
flee away
nuwc (Hebrew #5127)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV usage: X abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, X hide, lift up a standard.
Pronounce: noos
Origin: a primitive root
, turn
cabab (Hebrew #5437)
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively (as follows)
KJV usage: bring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, X whirl, X round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, X circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, round), drive, environ, X on every side, beset (close, come, compass, go, stand) round about, inclose, remove, return, set, sit down, turn (self) (about, aside, away, back).
Pronounce: saw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root
, my beloved
dowd (Hebrew #1730)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
KJV usage: (well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Pronounce: dode
Origin: or (shortened) dod {dode}
, and bef thou like
damah (Hebrew #1819)
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
KJV usage: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
Pronounce: daw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root
a roe
tsbiy (Hebrew #6643)
splendor (as conspicuous); also a gazelle (as beautiful)
KJV usage: beautiful(-ty), glorious (-ry), goodly, pleasant, roe(-buck).
Pronounce: tseb-ee'
Origin: from 6638 in the sense of prominence
or a young
`opher (Hebrew #6082)
a fawn (from the dusty color)
KJV usage: young roe (hart).
Pronounce: o'-fer
Origin: from 6080
hart
'ayal (Hebrew #354)
a stag or male deer
KJV usage: hart.
Pronounce: ah-yawl'
Origin: an intensive form of 352 (in the sense of ram)
upon the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
of γBether
Bether (Hebrew #1336)
Bether, a (craggy) place in Palestine
KJV usage: Bether.
Pronounce: beh'-ther
Origin: the same as 1335
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2 Peter 1:19• 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: (2 Peter 1:19)
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Song of Sol. 8:14• 14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Sol. 8:14)
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or, division.

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Bether,
Day,
Hart,
Mountain Mount,
Roe; Roebuck

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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the day.
Song of Sol. 4:6• 6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. (Song of Sol. 4:6)
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Luke 1:78• 78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, (Luke 1:78)
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Rom. 13:12• 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 armor of light. (Rom. 13:12)
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2 Peter 1:19• 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: (2 Peter 1:19)
the shadows.
Heb. 8:5• 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 showed to thee in the mount. (Heb. 8:5)
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Heb. 10:1• 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. (Heb. 10:1)
beloved.
Song of Sol. 2:9• 9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. (Song of Sol. 2:9)
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Song of Sol. 8:14• 14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Sol. 8:14)
Bether.
or, division.
• During the night of Christ's absence what is there to minister to His heart save His beloved people? (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• The bride expresses the longing of her heart for other visits from the King even as the roes and the harts come down from the mountains by night to feed in the plains. So, indeed, may we welcome every occasion on which the Lord comes into the midst of His people as they pass through this dark world. (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turnf, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Betherg.

JND Translation Notes

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f
Or "Return."
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Meaning, cloven, or full of ravines.