--- title: Song of Songs 8 — the Tanakh in Hebrew, Aramaic and English, with trees description: Song of Songs chapter 8 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: Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/8/) [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 8 # Song of Songs 8 14 verses, each with its tree and pragmatics: Hebrew, Aramaic (the Targum) and English (JPS 1917), the English sentence by sentence. - [8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.1/) — מִי יִתֶּנְךָ כְּאָח לִי יוֹנֵק שְׁדֵי אִמִּי אֶֽמְצָאֲךָ בַחוּץ אֶשָׁקְךָגַּם לֹא־יָבוּזוּ לִֽי׃ — Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, and none would despise me. - [8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.2/) — אֶנְהָֽגֲךָ אֲבִֽיאֲךָ אֶל־בֵּית אִמִּי תְּלַמְּדֵנִי אַשְׁקְךָ מִיַּיִן הָרֶקַח מֵעֲסִיס רִמֹּנִֽי׃ — I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, that thou mightest instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate. - [8:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.3/) — שְׂמֹאלוֹ תַּחַת רֹאשִׁי וִֽימִינוֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃ — His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. - [8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.4/) — הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם מַה־תָּעִירוּ ׀ וּֽמַה־תְּעֹֽרְרוּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ס — 'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem: Why should ye awaken, or stir up love, until it please?' - [8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.5/) — מִי זֹאת עֹלָה מִן־הַמִּדְבָּר מִתְרַפֶּקֶת עַל־דּוֹדָהּ תַּחַת הַתַּפּוּחַ עֽוֹרַרְתִּיךָ שָׁמָּה חִבְּלַתְךָ אִמֶּךָ שָׁמָּה חִבְּלָה יְלָדַֽתְךָ׃ — Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened thee; there thy mother was in travail with thee; there was she in travail and brought thee forth. - [8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.6/) — שִׂימֵנִי כַֽחוֹתָם עַל־לִבֶּךָ כַּֽחוֹתָם עַל־זְרוֹעֶךָ כִּֽי־עַזָּה כַמָּוֶת אַהֲבָה קָשָׁה כִשְׁאוֹל קִנְאָה רְשָׁפֶיהָ רִשְׁפֵּי אֵשׁ שַׁלְהֶבֶתְ יָֽה׃ — Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave; the flashes thereof are flashes of fire, a very flame of the LORD. - [8:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.7/) — מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יֽוּכְלוּ לְכַבּוֹת אֶת־הָֽאַהֲבָה וּנְהָרוֹת לֹא יִשְׁטְפוּהָ אִם־יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת־כָּל־הוֹן בֵּיתוֹ בָּאַהֲבָה בּוֹז יָבוּזוּ לֽוֹ׃ס — Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, he would utterly be contemned. - [8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.8/) — אָחוֹת לָנוּ קְטַנָּה וְשָׁדַיִם אֵין לָהּ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂה לַאֲחֹתֵנוּ בַּיּוֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־בָּֽהּ׃ — We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? - [8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.9/) — אִם־חוֹמָה הִיא נִבְנֶה עָלֶיהָ טִירַת כָּסֶף וְאִם־דֶּלֶת הִיא נָצוּר עָלֶיהָ לוּחַ אָֽרֶז׃ — If she be a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver; and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. - [8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.10/) — אֲנִי חוֹמָה וְשָׁדַי כַּמִּגְדָּלוֹת אָז הָיִיתִי בְעֵינָיו כְּמוֹצְאֵת שָׁלֽוֹם׃פ — I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof; then was I in his eyes as one that found peace. - [8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.11/) — כֶּרֶם הָיָה לִשְׁלֹמֹה בְּבַעַל הָמוֹן בַעַל הָמוֹן נָתַן אֶת־הַכֶּרֶם לַנֹּטְרִים אִישׁ יָבִא בְּפִרְיוֹ אֶלֶף כָּֽסֶף׃ — Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he gave over the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof brought in a thousand pieces of silver. - [8:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.12/) — כָּרְמִישֶׁלִּי לְפָנָי הָאֶלֶף לְךָ שְׁלֹמֹה וּמָאתַיִם לְנֹטְרִים אֶת־פִּרְיֽוֹ׃ — My vineyard, which is mine, is before me; thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. - [8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.13/) — הַיוֹשֶׁבֶתבַּגַּנִּים חֲבֵרִים מַקְשִׁיבִים לְקוֹלֵךְ הַשְׁמִיעִֽינִי׃ — Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken for thy voice: 'Cause me to hear it.' - [8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.8.14/) — בְּרַח ׀ דּוֹדִי וּֽדְמֵה־לְךָ לִצְבִי אוֹ לְעֹפֶר הָֽאַיָּלִים עַל הָרֵי בְשָׂמִֽים׃ — Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a gazelle or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. - ← previous: [Song of Songs 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/7/) - next →: [Ruth 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT/1/) - ↑ back to [Song of Songs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG/)