Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #282481

OSHB Sng 2:17 דְּמֵה (dəmēh) Strongs=1819 Lemma=‘דָּמָה’
contextual word gloss=‘be_like’ word gloss=‘like’
Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-1014

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Only use of identical word form ‘דְּמֵה’ (Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘דְּמֵה’ (Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘be_like’.

SNG 2:17 contextual word gloss=‘be_like’ word gloss=‘like’ OSHB SNG 2:17 word 7

OET-LV: 17 Until that_it _will _breathe the_day and_they _will _flee the_shadows turn be _like to/for_yourself(m) my _lover _of_my (to)_a_gazelle or (to)_the_fawn _of the _deer(s) on the _mountains _of ravine[s]. (SNG_2:17)

OET-RV: 17 Until the daylight arrives and the shadows flee, turn.
⇔ My dearest resembles a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains. (SNG 2:17)