Song of Solomon 2:8 Go deeper
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The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. (KJV)
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ק֣וֹלKol[the] sound of
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice
Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 1
דּוֹדִ֔יdo.Dilover my
Lemma: דּוֹד (dod) · Strong's: H1730G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: beloved
Used 33 times. Also: Song of Solomon 1:13, Song of Solomon 1:14, Song of Solomon 1:16, Song of Solomon 2:3, Song of Solomon 2:9, Song of Solomon 2:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1730G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 2
הִנֵּה\־hi.neh-there!
Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: behold
Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 3
זֶ֖הzehthis
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 4
בָּ֑אBa'[is] coming
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 5
מְדַלֵּג֙me.da.Leg[is] leaping
Lemma: דָּלַג (da.lag) · Strong's: H1801
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to leap
Used 5 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:30, Psalms 18:29, Isaiah 35:6, Zephaniah 1:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1801; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 6
עַל\־'al-over
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 7
הֶ֣הָרִ֔יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountains
Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: mountain: mount
Used 451 times. Also: Genesis 7:19, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2022G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 8
מְקַפֵּ֖ץme.ka.Petz[is] bounding
Lemma: קָפַץ (qa.phats) · Strong's: H7092
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to gather
Used 7 times. Also: Deuteronomy 15:7, Job 5:16, Job 24:24, Psalms 77:9, Psalms 107:42, Isaiah 52:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7092; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 9
עַל\־'al-over
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 10
הַגְּבָעֽוֹת\׃ha.ge.va.'otthe hills
Lemma: גִּבְעָה (giv.ah) · Strong's: H1389I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: hill
Used 67 times. Also: Genesis 49:26, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Numbers 23:9, Deuteronomy 12:2, Deuteronomy 33:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1389I; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:8 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Listen | → | קוֹל H6963A voice |
| My beloved [approaches] | → | דּוֹד H1730G beloved |
| Look | → | הִנֵּה H2009 behold |
| Here | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| he comes | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| leaping | → | דָּלַג H1801 to leap |
| across | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the mountains | → | הַר H2022G mountain: mount |
| bounding | → | קָפַץ H7092 to gather |
| over | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the hills | → | גִּבְעָה H1389I hill |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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