## Song of Songs Chapter 7

###### Song of Songs 7:1
[Song of Songs 7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/7:1)

שׁ֤וּבִי שׁ֙וּבִי֙ הַשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית שׁ֥וּבִי שׁ֖וּבִי וְנֶחֱזֶה־בָּ֑ךְ מַֽה־תֶּחֱזוּ֙ בַּשּׁ֣וּלַמִּ֔ית כִּמְחֹלַ֖ת הַֽמַּחֲנָֽיִם׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Turn back, turn back [you] perfect one, turn back, turn back, that we may observe you; what can you see [offer] the perfect one that equals the encirclement of the camps?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Return return, O Shulammite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will you see in the Shulammite? as it were the dance at Maĥanayim.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[The nations, to Israel:] Turn away, turn away [from G-d], O Shulamith [(you who are perfect [shalem] in faith with Him)]. Turn away, turn away [to us] and we will seek out [(high positions] for you. [Israel responds:] What can you seek out for Shulamith like [i.e., equal in grandeur to] the [flag] encirclement [of the desert]?


###### Song of Songs 7:2
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מַה־יָּפ֧וּ פְעָמַ֛יִךְ בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים בַּת־נָדִ֑יב חַמּוּקֵ֣י יְרֵכַ֔יִךְ כְּמ֣וֹ חֲלָאִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י אׇמָּֽן׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
How fair were your feet in sandals, O daughter of nobles; the roundness of your flanks, are like jewels, the work of a craftsman.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter! thy rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of an artist.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[The nations respond: We desire you to cling to us because of the beauty and the prominence we beheld in you in your pristine glory, viz.:] How beautiful are your steps in sandals [(in the festival pilgrimages to the Temple)], O daughter of princes! The recesses of your thighs are like jewel-work, the work of the Master.


###### Song of Songs 7:3
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שׇׁרְרֵךְ֙ אַגַּ֣ן הַסַּ֔הַר אַל־יֶחְסַ֖ר הַמָּ֑זֶג בִּטְנֵךְ֙ עֲרֵמַ֣ת חִטִּ֔ים סוּגָ֖ה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Your navel is like a round bowl, which lacks not for mixed wines; your stomach is like a heap of wheat, hedged about with roses.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy navel is like a round goblet, that never lacks blended wine: thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your navel is like the basin of the moon, not lacking the [exact] measure. Your belly is a swell of wheat, hedged about with lilies.


###### Song of Songs 7:4
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שְׁנֵ֥י שָׁדַ֛יִךְ כִּשְׁנֵ֥י עֳפָרִ֖ים תׇּאֳמֵ֥י צְבִיָּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy two breasts are like two fawns, the twins of a gazelle.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your two breasts [(the tablets)] are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.


###### Song of Songs 7:5
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צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל הַשֵּׁ֑ן עֵינַ֜יִךְ בְּרֵכ֣וֹת בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן עַל־שַׁ֙עַר֙ בַּת־רַבִּ֔ים אַפֵּךְ֙ כְּמִגְדַּ֣ל הַלְּבָנ֔וֹן צוֹפֶ֖ה פְּנֵ֥י דַמָּֽשֶׂק׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Your neck is like an ivory tower; your eyes are like pools in Cheshbon, at the gate of the populated city, your face is like a tower of Levanon looking out as far as Damascus.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy neck is like a tower of ivory; thy eyes like the pools in Ḥeshbon, by the gate of Bat-rabbim: thy nose is like the tower of the Levanon which looks toward Dammeseq.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Your neck [(the sanctuary, the altar, and the Lishkath Hagazith [the Chamber of Hewn Stone)] is like an ivory tower. Your eyes [i.e., your sages] are like the pools of Cheshbon above the gates [of judgment] of the many-peopled city [i.e., Jerusalem]. Your forehead is like the Tower of the Levanon, which overlooks the face of Damascus.


###### Song of Songs 7:6
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רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ כַּכַּרְמֶ֔ל וְדַלַּ֥ת רֹאשֵׁ֖ךְ כָּאַרְגָּמָ֑ן מֶ֖לֶךְ אָס֥וּר בָּרְהָטִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
That which is upon your head is like Mount Carmel, and the braid of your head is like [royal] purple wool; your King is bound in its tresses.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thy head upon thee is like the Karmel, and the hair of thy head like purple: a king is caught in its tresses.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[The phylacteries of] your head [lie] upon you like the [(strength of the] Karmel [viz. Deuteronomy 28:10)]; and the [Nazirite] gathering [of your hair into locks lies on] your head, like [royal] purple, like the King bound in locks. [viz. Numbers 6:7]


###### Song of Songs 7:7
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מַה־יָּפִית֙ וּמַה־נָּעַ֔מְתְּ אַהֲבָ֖ה בַּתַּֽעֲנוּגִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
How beautiful and pleasant are you; a love with delights.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How fair and how pleasant [it would be to cleave to you] with a love [worthy of] delights!


###### Song of Songs 7:8
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זֹ֤את קֽוֹמָתֵךְ֙ דָּֽמְתָ֣ה לְתָמָ֔ר וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Such is your stature, likened to a [stately] palm tree; and your breasts are like clusters.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
This thy stature is like a palm tree, and thy breasts are like clusters of grapes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
This, your [exalted] stature can be likened to a [stately] palm, and your [bountiful] breasts to [grape] clusters.


###### Song of Songs 7:9
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אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ אֶעֱלֶ֣ה בְתָמָ֔ר אֹֽחֲזָ֖ה בְּסַנְסִנָּ֑יו וְיִֽהְיוּ־נָ֤א שָׁדַ֙יִךְ֙ כְּאֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹת הַגֶּ֔פֶן וְרֵ֥יחַ אַפֵּ֖ךְ כַּתַּפּוּחִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I said, I will ascend the palm tree, I will grasp its branches; and now, let your breasts remain like clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your face like apples.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I said, I will go up into the palm tree, I will take hold of its boughs: may thy breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of thy countenance like apples;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[G-d, to Israel in exile:] I said: I will go up into the palm-tree; I will take hold of its leaves [i.e., I will be sanctified by you among the nations]. And, now, let your breasts be as grape clusters, and the fragrance of your face like apples [i.e., Let your sages affirm your unswerving dedication to Me in the exile.]


###### Song of Songs 7:10
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וְחִכֵּ֕ךְ כְּיֵ֥ין הַטּ֛וֹב הוֹלֵ֥ךְ לְדוֹדִ֖י לְמֵישָׁרִ֑ים דּוֹבֵ֖ב שִׂפְתֵ֥י יְשֵׁנִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
And let your speech be like good wine; it flows for my beloved in sincerity, causing the lips of sleepers to murmur.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, that goes down sweetly for my beloved, causing the sleepers’ lips to murmur.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And let your palate [i.e., your affirmation to the nations] be [(apt)] like goodly wine! [And Israel in the exile responds: I shall tell them that I shall be steadfast in my faith. My words] will stream straight [from the heart] for my Beloved, titillating the lips of the sleepers [i.e., My fathers in the grave will rejoice in my words and give thanks for their lot. And these shall be my words:]


###### Song of Songs 7:11
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אֲנִ֣י לְדוֹדִ֔י וְעָלַ֖י תְּשׁוּקָתֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I am my beloved’s and he longs for me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is towards me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I am my Beloved's and unto me is His yearning!


###### Song of Songs 7:12
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לְכָ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ נֵצֵ֣א הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה נָלִ֖ינָה בַּכְּפָרִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Come, my beloved, let us go out to the field, let us lodge in the villages.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Come, my Beloved, let us go out to the field, let us lodge in the villages.


###### Song of Songs 7:13
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נַשְׁכִּ֙ימָה֙ לַכְּרָמִ֔ים נִרְאֶ֞ה אִם־פָּֽרְחָ֤ה הַגֶּ֙פֶן֙ פִּתַּ֣ח הַסְּמָדַ֔ר הֵנֵ֖צוּ הָרִמּוֹנִ֑ים שָׁ֛ם אֶתֵּ֥ן אֶת־דֹּדַ֖י לָֽךְ׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Let us rise early for the vineyards, let us see if the vine has blossomed, if the tender grapes have appeared, if the pomegranates are in bloom; there I will give my love to you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine has flowered, if the grape blossoms have opened, if the pomegranates are in flower: there will I give thee my loves.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Let us rise early to the vineyards [(synagogues and houses of study)]. Let us see if the vine [(an allusion to Scripture scholars)] has flowered, if the grape-blossoms [(Mishnah scholars)] have opened, if the pomegranates [(Talmud scholars)] have bloomed. There I will show You my loved ones [(my sons and daughters)].


###### Song of Songs 7:14
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הַֽדּוּדָאִ֣ים נָֽתְנוּ־רֵ֗יחַ וְעַל־פְּתָחֵ֙ינוּ֙ כׇּל־מְגָדִ֔ים חֲדָשִׁ֖ים גַּם־יְשָׁנִ֑ים דּוֹדִ֖י צָפַ֥נְתִּי לָֽךְ׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
The baskets emit fragrance, and at our door are all luscious fruits, both new and old; my beloved, I have kept them for you.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The mandrakes give a fragrance, and at our gates are all manner of choice fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The baskets of figs [viz. Jeremiah 24:1-3 (one basket of good figs [the righteous]; the other, of bad figs [the sinners])] have given forth a fragrance [ — all are seeking You]. And at our doors are all manner of delicacies [i.e., reward for many mitzvoth], new [i.e., originated by the Scribes] and old [ordained by Scripture] alike. My Beloved, I have stored them [in my heart] for You.