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OET (OET-LV) I_adjure you(pl) Oh_daughters_of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) why will_you(pl)_awaken and_why will_you(pl)_arouse DOM (the)_love until that_it_will_please.
OET (OET-RV) I adjure you, young women of Yerushalem,
⇔ don’t awaken and stir up love until it desires.
In this section the man described the woman in two separate speeches (6:4–10 and 7:1–10). Some verses are difficult to understand, especially 6:11–13, and it is important to think about them carefully. The woman responded to the man in 7:11 and continued to speak to the end of the section at 8:4.
The verse numbering in the Hebrew text is different from the BSB and a majority of English versions. The Hebrew text begins chapter 7 where the BSB begins 6:13, so in chapter 7 the verses in the Hebrew text are one number higher than the verse numbers in the BSB. For example, 6:13–7:13 in the BSB is 7:1–14 in the Hebrew text (and also in the NJB and NJPS). It is helpful to be aware that some commentaries follow the Hebrew verse numbering. The Notes will follow the verse numbers in the BSB (along with the majority of English versions).
In these verses, the woman continued to speak to the man. She told him that she longed to express her love for him openly. She wished that her beloved were like a brother so that she could kiss him in public without shame. The section ends with a refrain that is also found in 2:6–7 and 3:5. Here she was probably thinking of a time before they married.
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you:
I charge/urge you, women of Jerusalem,
You women of Jerusalem, promise me,
Swear/Take an oath, young women of Jerusalem,
Do not arouse or awaken love
do not cause romantic love to arise
that you will not stimulate feelings of erotic love
Swear/Promise that you will not excite someone to love you
until the time is right.
until that love can be satisfied.
before the proper time.
until you can satisfy his love.
8:4 is similar to 2:7 and 3:5. The only difference is that 8:4 lacks the phrase, “by the gazelles and does of the field,” and it should not be included here.The CEV and a previous version of NAB includes this phrase, but the NAB 2011 revision has now corrected this. Except for this phrase, you should translate 8:4 in the same way as you translated 2:7 and 3:5. See the Notes on 2:7a–b for more information. As in 2:7 and 3:5, 8:4 is a refrain, which indicates the end of a section.
Note 1 topic: writing-oathformula
הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם מַה־תָּעִ֧ירוּ ׀ וּֽמַה־תְּעֹֽרְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ
adjure ,you(pl) daughters_of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) what? arouse and,why? awaken DOM (the),love until that,it_will_please
You should translate this verse in a similar way to how you translated [Song of Songs 2:7](../02/07.md), but because this verse does not have the phrase “by the female gazelles or the does of the field,” you should not include that phrase in this verse.
OET (OET-LV) I_adjure you(pl) Oh_daughters_of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) why will_you(pl)_awaken and_why will_you(pl)_arouse DOM (the)_love until that_it_will_please.
OET (OET-RV) I adjure you, young women of Yerushalem,
⇔ don’t awaken and stir up love until it desires.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.