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Song of Solomon 2:8

Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

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ASV

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

KJV

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ק֣וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963 →
דּוֹדִ֔יdo.Dilover myH1730 →
הִנֵּה־hi.neh-there!H2009 →
זֶ֖הzehthisH2088 →
בָּ֑אBa'[is] comingH935 →
מְדַלֵּג֙me.da.Leg[is] leapingH1801 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
הֶ֣הָרִ֔יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022 →
מְקַפֵּ֖ץme.ka.Petz[is] boundingH7092 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
הַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃ha.ge.va.'otthe hillsH1389 →

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John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.Song of Solomon 2:17Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.Isaiah 52:7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”Acts 3:8He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.Isaiah 40:3–4A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.Song of Solomon 5:2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”Isaiah 44:23Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.John 10:4–5When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.Isaiah 49:11–13I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.Luke 3:4–6as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.Acts 14:10In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.Jeremiah 48:27Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.Isaiah 55:12–13You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.John 10:4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

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About Song of Solomon

The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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