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Song of Solomon 2:9

My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

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ASV

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

KJV

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
דּוֹמֶ֤הdo.Meh[is] likeH1819 →
דוֹדִי֙do.Dilover myH1730 →
לִצְבִ֔יlitz.Vi<to> a gazelleH6643 →
א֖וֹ'oorH176 →
לְעֹ֣פֶרle.'O.fer<to> [the] fawn ofH6082 →
הָֽאַיָּלִ֑יםha.'ai.ya.Limthe deer<s>H354 →
הִנֵּה־hi.neh-there!H2009 →
זֶ֤הzehthisH2088 →
עוֹמֵד֙o.Med[is] standingH5975 →
אַחַ֣ר'a.CharbehindH310 →
כָּתְלֵ֔נוּka.te.Le.nuwall ourH3796 →
מַשְׁגִּ֙יחַ֙mash.Gi.ach[is] gazingH7688 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַֽחֲלֹּנ֔וֹתha.cha.lo.Notthe windowsH2474 →
מֵצִ֖יץme.Tzitz[is] peeringH6692 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַֽחֲרַכִּֽים׃Ha.cha.ra.Kimthe latticesH2762 →

The walk

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Song of Solomon 8:14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.Proverbs 5:19A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.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.Acts 9:36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.Genesis 26:8When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.Luke 24:35Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.1 Corinthians 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.John 12:41Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.2 Samuel 2:18The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,Ephesians 2:14–15For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility2 Corinthians 3:13–18We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.Hebrews 10:1For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.1 Peter 1:10–12Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,Revelation 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”Hebrews 10:19–20Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,Hebrews 9:8–9By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.John 5:39You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

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