LEB SNG section

Rendezvous in the Countryside

8 The voice of my beloved! Look! Here he[fn] comes leaping upon the mountains,
- bounding over the hills!
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag .[fn] Look! He is[fn] standing behind our wall,

gazing through[fn] the window,
- looking through[fn] the lattice.
- 10 My beloved answered and said to me, “ Arise ,[fn] my beloved! Come, my beauty ![fn]
- 11 For look! The winter is over; the rainy season[fn] has turned and gone away .[fn]
- 12 The blossoms appear[fn] in the land ;[fn] the time of singing[fn] has arrived ;[fn]
the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
- 13 The fig tree puts forth her figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give fragrance.
Arise ,[fn] my beloved! Come, my beauty !”[fn]
- 14 My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secluded place[fn][fn] in the mountain ,[fn][fn]
Let me see your face,
- let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.
- 15 Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes destroying vineyards,
for[fn] our vineyards are in blossom!

2:? Literally “this one”

2:? Literally “the fawn of the stag”

2:? Literally “This is he”

2:? Literally “from”

2:? Literally “Arise, you”

2:? Literally “And come, you”

2:? Literally “the rain”

2:? Literally “is over; it is gone”

2:? Literally “is seen”

2:? Literally “on the earth”

2:? Most likely, a subtle word play occurs here since there are two different words in Hebrew spelled the same way: “pruning” and “singing.” The former plays upon the first line and the latter upon the third line

2:? Literally “the time of the song arrived”

2:? Literally “Arise, to you!”

2:? Literally “My beauty, come, you”

2:? Literally “in the secret place”

2:? Or “in the covering”

2:? Literally “foothold in the rock”

2:? Or “cliff”

2:? Or “while”

LEB by section SNG 2:8

Rendezvous in the Countryside