--- title: Song of Songs 2 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Song of Songs chapter 2 of the Tanakh (Ketuvim — the Writings) in Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), every verse with its syntax tree and pragmatics. It begins: I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Song of Songs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/) / chapter 2 # Song of Songs 2 17 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.1/) — אֲנִי חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן שֽׁוֹשַׁנַּת הָעֲמָקִֽים׃ — I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. - [2:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.2/) — כְּשֽׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים כֵּן רַעְיָתִי בֵּין הַבָּנֽוֹת׃ — As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. - [2:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.3/) — כְּתַפּוּחַ בַּעֲצֵי הַיַּעַר כֵּן דּוֹדִי בֵּין הַבָּנִים בְּצִלּוֹ חִמַּדְתִּי וְיָשַׁבְתִּי וּפִרְיוֹ מָתוֹק לְחִכִּֽי׃ — As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. Under its shadow I delighted to sit, and its fruit was sweet to my taste. - [2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.4/) — הֱבִיאַנִי אֶל־בֵּית הַיָּיִן וְדִגְלוֹ עָלַי אַהֲבָֽה׃ — He hath brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me is love. - [2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.5/) — סַמְּכוּנִי בָּֽאֲשִׁישׁוֹת רַפְּדוּנִי בַּתַּפּוּחִים כִּי־חוֹלַת אַהֲבָה אָֽנִי׃ — 'Stay ye me with dainties, refresh me with apples; for I am love-sick.' - [2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.6/) — שְׂמֹאלוֹ תַּחַת לְרֹאשִׁי וִימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃ — Let his left hand be under my head, and his right hand embrace me. - [2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.7/) — הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם בִּצְבָאוֹת אוֹ בְּאַיְלוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה אִם־תָּעִירוּ ׀ וְֽאִם־תְּעֽוֹרְרוּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ס — 'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that ye awaken not, nor stir up love, until it please.' - [2:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.8/) — קוֹל דּוֹדִי הִנֵּה־זֶה בָּא מְדַלֵּג עַל־הֶהָרִים מְקַפֵּץ עַל־הַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃ — Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. - [2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.9/) — דּוֹמֶה דוֹדִי לִצְבִי אוֹ לְעֹפֶר הָֽאַיָּלִים הִנֵּה־זֶה עוֹמֵד אַחַר כָּתְלֵנוּ מַשְׁגִּיחַ מִן־הַֽחֲלֹּנוֹת מֵצִיץ מִן־הַֽחֲרַכִּֽים׃ — My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart; behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh in through the windows, he peereth through the lattice. - [2:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.10/) — עָנָה דוֹדִי וְאָמַר לִי קוּמִי לָךְ רַעְיָתִי יָפָתִי וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃ — My beloved spoke, and said unto me: 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. - [2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.11/) — כִּֽי־הִנֵּה הַסְּתָיו עָבָר הַגֶּשֶׁם חָלַף הָלַךְ לֽוֹ׃ — For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; - [2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.12/) — הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ וְקוֹל הַתּוֹר נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃ — The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; - [2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.13/) — הַתְּאֵנָה חָֽנְטָה פַגֶּיהָ וְהַגְּפָנִים ׀ סְמָדַר נָתְנוּ רֵיחַ קוּמִי לָךְ רַעְיָתִי יָפָתִי וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃ס — The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. - [2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.14/) — יוֹנָתִי בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע בְּסֵתֶר הַמַּדְרֵגָה הַרְאִינִי אֶתּ־מַרְאַיִךְהַשְׁמִיעִינִי אֶת־קוֹלֵךְ כִּי־קוֹלֵךְ עָרֵב וּמַרְאֵיךְ נָאוֶֽה׃ס — O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.' - [2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.15/) — אֶֽחֱזוּ־לָנוּ שֽׁוּעָלִים שֽׁוּעָלִים קְטַנִּים מְחַבְּלִים כְּרָמִים וּכְרָמֵינוּ סְמָדַֽר׃ — 'Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom.' - [2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.16/) — דּוֹדִי לִי וַאֲנִי לוֹ הָרֹעֶה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ — My beloved is mine, and I am his, that feedeth among the lilies. - [2:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.17/) — עַד שֶׁיָּפוּחַ הַיּוֹם וְנָסוּ הַצְּלָלִים סֹב דְּמֵה־לְךָדוֹדִי לִצְבִי אוֹ לְעֹפֶר הָאַיָּלִים עַל־הָרֵי בָֽתֶר׃ס — Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices. - ← previous: [Song of Songs 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/1/) - next →: [Song of Songs 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/3/) - ↑ back to [Song of Songs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/)