## Song of Songs Chapter 2

###### Song of Songs 2:1
[Song of Songs 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:1)

אֲנִי֙ חֲבַצֶּ֣לֶת הַשָּׁר֔וֹן שׁוֹשַׁנַּ֖ת הָעֲמָקִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I am a rose of Sharon a rose of the valleys.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am the tulip of the Sharon; the daffodil of the vallies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[The congregation of Israel:] I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys [(even more beautiful than the rose of Sharon)].


###### Song of Songs 2:2
[Song of Songs 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:2)

כְּשֽׁוֹשַׁנָּה֙ בֵּ֣ין הַחוֹחִ֔ים כֵּ֥ן רַעְיָתִ֖י בֵּ֥ין הַבָּנֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
As a rose among the thorns, so is my beloved among the daughters.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Like the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As a lily among the thorns [(which remains "upright" and beautiful though the thorns constantly prick it)], so is My loved one among the daughters [of the nations, resisting all their blandishments to idolatry].


###### Song of Songs 2:3
[Song of Songs 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:3)

כְּתַפּ֙וּחַ֙ בַּעֲצֵ֣י הַיַּ֔עַר כֵּ֥ן דּוֹדִ֖י בֵּ֣ין הַבָּנִ֑ים בְּצִלּוֹ֙ חִמַּ֣דְתִּי וְיָשַׁ֔בְתִּי וּפִרְי֖וֹ מָת֥וֹק לְחִכִּֽי׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons; in its shade I delighted and sat, and its fruit was sweet to my palate.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Like the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As a flourishing apple tree among the [desiccated] trees of the forest, so is my Beloved among the "sons" [i.e., the idolatries of the nations.] For His shade did I long and I sat (therein), and His fruit was sweet to my taste.


###### Song of Songs 2:4
[Song of Songs 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:4)

הֱבִיאַ֙נִי֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַיָּ֔יִן וְדִגְל֥וֹ עָלַ֖י אַהֲבָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
He brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner is raised over me in love.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He has brought me to the house of wine [(the tent of meeting, where the details and exegeses of Torah were given)], and His banner [(which is still suspended)] over me is love.


###### Song of Songs 2:5
[Song of Songs 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:5)

סַמְּכ֙וּנִי֙ בָּאֲשִׁישׁ֔וֹת רַפְּד֖וּנִי בַּתַּפּוּחִ֑ים כִּי־חוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Sustain me with dainty cakes refresh my bed with [the scent of] apples; for I am lovesick.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let me lean against the stout trunks, let me couch among the apple trees: for I am sick with love.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Support me [here in exile] with cups [of grapes (as the sick are "supported")]; couch me among apples [(for their fragrance)], for I am sick for [His love].


###### Song of Songs 2:6
[Song of Songs 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:6)

שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ תַּ֣חַת לְרֹאשִׁ֔י וִימִינ֖וֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
His left hand was under my head and his right would embrace me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His left hand was under my head [in the desert], and His right hand embraced me [i.e., sustained me (all of which I remember, and which makes me yearn for Him in my exile)].


###### Song of Songs 2:7
[Song of Songs 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:7)

הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בְּנ֤וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ בִּצְבָא֔וֹת א֖וֹ בְּאַיְל֣וֹת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה אִם־תָּעִ֧ירוּ׀וְֽאִם־תְּע֥וֹרְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I bind you under oath, daughters of Yerusholayim by the gazelles and the does of the field; that you do not cause hatred nor disturb this love while it still pleases.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I charge you, O daughters of Yerushalayim, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till it please.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have besworn you, [O nations], the daughters [i.e., neighbors] of Jerusalem [that you would become prey], like the roes and hinds of the field, if you vitiated or protested the love [between me and my Beloved [(by attempting to turn me from Him to you)], so long as it desires [i.e., so long as my love remains fixed in my heart and He desires me.]


###### Song of Songs 2:8
[Song of Songs 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:8)

ק֣וֹל דּוֹדִ֔י הִנֵּה־זֶ֖ה בָּ֑א מְדַלֵּג֙ עַל־הֶ֣הָרִ֔ים מְקַפֵּ֖ץ עַל־הַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
The voice of my beloved! Behold he comes; leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The voice of my Beloved, behold, it comes, [heralding the redemption], leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.


###### Song of Songs 2:9
[Song of Songs 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:9)

דּוֹמֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ לִצְבִ֔י א֖וֹ לְעֹ֣פֶר הָאַיָּלִ֑ים הִנֵּה־זֶ֤ה עוֹמֵד֙ אַחַ֣ר כׇּתְלֵ֔נוּ מַשְׁגִּ֙יחַ֙ מִן־הַֽחַלֹּנ֔וֹת מֵצִ֖יץ מִן־הַחֲרַכִּֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
My beloved resembles a gazelle or a young hart; behold, he stands behind our wall, observing through the windows peering through the lattices.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks in at the windows; he peers through the lattice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My beloved [(in His swiftness)] is like a roe or like a young hind. Behold, [(seeking to redeem us)], He stands behind our wall; He looks in from the windows [(of Heaven to see what is being done to us)]; He peers through the lattices [viz. Exodus 3:7].


###### Song of Songs 2:10
[Song of Songs 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:10)

עָנָ֥ה דוֹדִ֖י וְאָ֣מַר לִ֑י ק֥וּמִי לָ֛ךְ רַעְיָתִ֥י יָפָתִ֖י וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
My beloved spoke and said to me, “Rise up, my beloved, my fair one, and go forth.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My Beloved called out and said to me [(through Moses)]: Arise, now, My love, My beautiful one, and go [(viz. Exodus 3:17): "I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, etc.")]


###### Song of Songs 2:11
[Song of Songs 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:11)

כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֥ה הַסְּתָ֖ו עָבָ֑ר הַגֶּ֕שֶׁם חָלַ֖ף הָלַ֥ךְ לֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
For behold, the winter is past, the rain is over, and gone.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.


###### Song of Songs 2:12
[Song of Songs 2:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:12)

הַנִּצָּנִים֙ נִרְא֣וּ בָאָ֔רֶץ עֵ֥ת הַזָּמִ֖יר הִגִּ֑יעַ וְק֥וֹל הַתּ֖וֹר נִשְׁמַ֥ע בְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
The blossoms have appeared on the land, the time of singing has come; and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing bird is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The blossoms have appeared on the earth [(and provide pleasure to the wayfarer)]. The time [(Nissan)] of the song [birds] has arrived; and the voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land.


###### Song of Songs 2:13
[Song of Songs 2:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:13)

הַתְּאֵנָה֙ חָנְטָ֣ה פַגֶּ֔יהָ וְהַגְּפָנִ֥ים׀סְמָדַ֖ר נָ֣תְנוּ רֵ֑יחַ ק֥וּמִי (לכי) [לָ֛ךְ] רַעְיָתִ֥י יָפָתִ֖י וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
The fig tree has produced its green figs, and the grapevines tender grapes give out their fragrance; arise my beloved, my fair one, and go forth.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines in blossom give their scent. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The fig-tree has put forth its green figs; and the budding vines have given forth their scent. Arise, now, My love, My beautiful one, and go [(out of Egypt)].


###### Song of Songs 2:14
[Song of Songs 2:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:14)

יוֹנָתִ֞י בְּחַגְוֵ֣י הַסֶּ֗לַע בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙ הַמַּדְרֵגָ֔ה הַרְאִ֙ינִי֙ אֶת־מַרְאַ֔יִךְ הַשְׁמִיעִ֖נִי אֶת־קוֹלֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־קוֹלֵ֥ךְ עָרֵ֖ב וּמַרְאֵ֥יךְ נָאוֶֽה׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the concealment of the cliff, show me your countenance, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet and your countenance is comely.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O my dove, who art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the recess of the cliff, let Me see your visage, let Me hear your voice [viz. Exodus 15:10]; for your voice is sweet and your visage is comely.


###### Song of Songs 2:15
[Song of Songs 2:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:15)

אֶֽחֱזוּ־לָ֙נוּ֙ שֻֽׁעָלִ֔ים שֻׁעָלִ֥ים קְטַנִּ֖ים מְחַבְּלִ֣ים כְּרָמִ֑ים וּכְרָמֵ֖ינוּ סְמָדַֽר׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Seize for us the foxes, little foxes that destroy vineyards [for] our vineyards are with tender grapes.”

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards: for our vineyards are in blossom.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There seized upon us, foxes [the Egyptians)], little foxes, ravagers of vineyards, and our vineyards were yet in unripe bloom.


###### Song of Songs 2:16
[Song of Songs 2:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:16)

דּוֹדִ֥י לִי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י ל֔וֹ הָרֹעֶ֖ה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
My beloved is mine, and I am his, who pastures among the roses.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the lilies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My Beloved [turned] to me [(and to no other nation for the requital of all His needs, e.g., "Sacrifice the Pesach," "Sanctify the first-born," etc.)], and I [turned] to Him [(and to no other gods for the requital of all my needs — to Him,)] who grazes [His sheep] in the lilies [(in a goodly pasture)].


###### Song of Songs 2:17
[Song of Songs 2:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/2:17)

עַ֤ד שֶׁיָּפ֙וּחַ֙ הַיּ֔וֹם וְנָ֖סוּ הַצְּלָלִ֑ים סֹב֩ דְּמֵה־לְךָ֨ דוֹדִ֜י לִצְבִ֗י א֛וֹ לְעֹ֥פֶר הָאַיָּלִ֖ים עַל־הָ֥רֵי בָֽתֶר׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Until the sun spreads and the shadows flee; you turned away, my beloved, and became like a gazelle or a young hart on distant mountains.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Before the day cools, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of Beter.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
["My Beloved turned to me, etc."] — until the sun (i.e., my sins, the golden calf and the spies,)] blackened [me as in the heat of day], and the [protective] shadows [i.e., my merits] fled. [I made] You turn away [from me], my Beloved, like a roe or like a young hind on the distant hills.