## Song of Songs Chapter 8

###### Song of Songs 8:1
[Song of Songs 8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Song%20of%20Songs/r/8:1)

מִ֤י יִתֶּנְךָ֙ כְּאָ֣ח לִ֔י יוֹנֵ֖ק שְׁדֵ֣י אִמִּ֑י אֶֽמְצָאֲךָ֤ בַחוּץ֙ אֶשָּׁ֣קְךָ֔ גַּ֖ם לֹא־יָבֻ֥זוּ לִֽי׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
If only you were a brother to me, who had nursed at my mother’s bosom; when I would find you outside I would kiss you, and no one would scorn me.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee outside, I would kiss thee; and none would scorn me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Would that You were as a brother to me [(coming to console me)], sucking the breasts of my mother. I would find You [i.e., Your prophets] outside. I would kiss You; nor would they spurn me.


###### Song of Songs 8:2
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אֶנְהָֽגְךָ֗ אֲבִֽיאֲךָ֛ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית אִמִּ֖י תְּלַמְּדֵ֑נִי אַשְׁקְךָ֙ מִיַּ֣יִן הָרֶ֔קַח מֵעֲסִ֖יס רִמֹּנִֽי׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I would lead you, I would bring you to my mother’s house that you should teach me; I would give you spiced wine to drink, of the nectar of my pomegranate.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I would lead thee, and bring thee into the house of my mother who brought me up: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I would lead You. I would bring You to the house of my mother [(the Temple)]. You would teach me [(as You did in the tent of meeting)]. I would give You spiced wine [(the libations)] to drink, the sweet wine of my pomegranate.


###### Song of Songs 8:3
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שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ תַּ֣חַת רֹאשִׁ֔י וִֽימִינ֖וֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
His left hand is under my head and his right hand embraces 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, and His right hand embraced me. [see 2:6]


###### Song of Songs 8:4
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הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּנ֣וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם מַה־תָּעִ֧ירוּ׀וּֽמַה־תְּעֹ֥רְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I bind you under oath daughters of Yerusholayim why should you cause hatred or disturb [this] love while it still pleases?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I charge you, O daughters of Yerushalayim, that you stir not up, nor awaken my love, until it please.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have besworn you, O daughters of Jerusalem — Why would you vitiate and why would you protest the love so long as it desires? [see 2:7]


###### Song of Songs 8:5
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מִ֣י זֹ֗את עֹלָה֙ מִן־הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר מִתְרַפֶּ֖קֶת עַל־דּוֹדָ֑הּ תַּ֤חַת הַתַּפּ֙וּחַ֙ עֽוֹרַרְתִּ֔יךָ שָׁ֚מָּה חִבְּלַ֣תְךָ אִמֶּ֔ךָ שָׁ֖מָּה חִבְּלָ֥ה יְלָדַֽתְךָ׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Who is she that rises from the wilderness, clinging to her beloved? beneath the apple tree I aroused you, there your mother had birth pains there she who bore you suffered.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who is that, coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I roused thee under the apple tree: there thy mother was in travail with thee: there she who bore thee was in travail.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[G-d and His tribunal say about the Congregation of Israel:] Who is this who rose [exalted] from the desert [and who still sits in the exile], yearning for her Beloved, [saying:] Under the "apple" [(Mount Sinai, in the shape of an apple)] I awakened You [(for love)]. There Your mother [(the Congregation of Israel)] travailed with You; there, she who bore You travailed.


###### Song of Songs 8:6
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שִׂימֵ֨נִי כַֽחוֹתָ֜ם עַל־לִבֶּ֗ךָ כַּֽחוֹתָם֙ עַל־זְרוֹעֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־עַזָּ֤ה כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ אַהֲבָ֔ה קָשָׁ֥ה כִשְׁא֖וֹל קִנְאָ֑ה רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ רִשְׁפֵּ֕י אֵ֖שׁ שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְיָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Set me as a seal upon your heart as a seal upon your arm, for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as harsh as the grave; its flashes are flashes of fire from the flame of God.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as She᾽ol: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which have a most vehement flame.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And for that love,] set me as a seal upon Your heart [(that You will not forget me)], as a seal upon Your arm. [And You will see] that strong as death is love [i.e., The love I have for You will countervail the death threats of the nations, and I will give my life to sanctify Your Name]; hard as Sheol is rancor [(the rancor of the nations against me for worshipping You)]. Its [(Gehinnom's)] coals are coals of the fire of the flame of the L-rd.


###### Song of Songs 8:7
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מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֗ים לֹ֤א יֽוּכְלוּ֙ לְכַבּ֣וֹת אֶת־הָֽאַהֲבָ֔ה וּנְהָר֖וֹת לֹ֣א יִשְׁטְפ֑וּהָ אִם־יִתֵּ֨ן אִ֜ישׁ אֶת־כׇּל־ה֤וֹן בֵּיתוֹ֙ בָּאַהֲבָ֔ה בּ֖וֹז יָב֥וּזוּ לֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Many waters cannot quench the love, and rivers cannot drown it; if a man would give all the wealth of his house for love they would surely scorn him.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Many waters [(the nations)] cannot put out the love [of Israel for the L-rd], and rivers [(their princes and kings)] cannot flood it over [(with force or enticement)]. [G d and His tribunal testify about Israel:] If a man gave all the wealth of his house for the love [you bear Him], he would be utterly scorned.


###### Song of Songs 8:8
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אָח֥וֹת לָ֙נוּ֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְשָׁדַ֖יִם אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂה֙ לַאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ בַּיּ֖וֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־בָּֽהּ׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
We have a little sister but she has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
We have a little sister [(Israel)] and she has no breasts [i.e., the time for her redemption has not yet arrived, viz. Ezekiel 16:7]. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken against" [i.e., when the nations conspire against her to destroy her, viz. Psalms 83:5].


###### Song of Songs 8:9
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אִם־חוֹמָ֣ה הִ֔יא נִבְנֶ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ טִ֣ירַת כָּ֑סֶף וְאִם־דֶּ֣לֶת הִ֔יא נָצ֥וּר עָלֶ֖יהָ ל֥וּחַ אָֽרֶז׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
If she be a wall we will build upon her a fortress of silver, if she be a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a battlement of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If she [fortifies herself against them in her faith (by refusing to intermarry with them, standing firm)] like a wall [of brass], then we shall build upon her a fortress of silver [i.e., we shall rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple in all its splendor]. But if she is like a door [turning on its hinges (i.e., intermarrying with the nations)], we will fashion upon her panels of cedar [(which are subject to corrosion and decay)].


###### Song of Songs 8:10
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אֲנִ֣י חוֹמָ֔ה וְשָׁדַ֖י כַּמִּגְדָּל֑וֹת אָ֛ז הָיִ֥יתִי בְעֵינָ֖יו כְּמוֹצְאֵ֥ת שָׁלֽוֹם׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
I am a wall and my bosom is like towers; therefore I am in his eyes as one who found peace.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers: then was I in his eyes as one who finds content.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[Israel responds:] I am a wall [(strong in the love of my Beloved)], and my breasts are as towers [(an allusion to the synagogues and houses of study, which "nurse" Israel with words of Torah)]. Then, [(when I said this)], I was in His eyes as [a bride who is found unblemished and] who finds peace [in her husband's house].


###### Song of Songs 8:11
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כֶּ֣רֶם הָיָ֤ה לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙ בְּבַ֣עַל הָמ֔וֹן נָתַ֥ן אֶת־הַכֶּ֖רֶם לַנֹּטְרִ֑ים אִ֛ישׁ יָבִ֥א בְּפִרְי֖וֹ אֶ֥לֶף כָּֽסֶף׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Shlomo had a vineyard in the Plain of Hamon, he gave over the vineyard to caretakers; each of them brought for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shelomo had a vineyard at Ba῾al-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; everyone for its fruit was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Shlomoh had a vineyard [(the Congregation of Israel, viz. Isaiah 5:7)] in Ba'al Hamon ("the plain of the multitude," i.e., Jerusalem). He gave the vineyard to [stern] watchers [(Bavel, Madai, Yavan, and Edom)]. Each came for his fruit [i.e., to extort all kinds of taxes] — a thousand silver [pieces].


###### Song of Songs 8:12
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כַּרְמִ֥י שֶׁלִּ֖י לְפָנָ֑י הָאֶ֤לֶף לְךָ֙ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וּמָאתַ֖יִם לְנֹטְרִ֥ים אֶת־פִּרְיֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
My vineyard is before me; the thousand are yours, Shlomo, and two hundred are for those who guard its fruit.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Shelomo, may have the thousand, and those that keep its fruit two hundred.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[On the day of judgment, G-d will bring these nations before Him and will say:] My vineyard [(though I put it into your hands) is Mine [and] before Me [has come the accounting of all your depredations. And they will answer:] The thousand is yours, Shlomoh [and we will return it, and we will add] two hundred for the watchers of His fruit [(i.e., the leaders, sages, and disciples of Israel, viz. Isaiah 60:17, Ibid. 23:18)].


###### Song of Songs 8:13
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הַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת בַּגַּנִּ֗ים חֲבֵרִ֛ים מַקְשִׁיבִ֥ים לְקוֹלֵ֖ךְ הַשְׁמִיעִֽנִי׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
You who sit in the gardens, companions listen to your voice, let me hear [your voice].

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken for thy voice: cause me to hear it.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[G-d, to Israel in exile:] You, who sit in the gardens [i.e., who graze in the gardens of others and sit in the synagogues and the houses of study], [your] friends [(the ministering angels, "sons of G-d,” like you)], listen for your voice in the houses of prayer, and [only] afterwards sanctify the Name, viz. Job 38:7]; let Me hear [it].


###### Song of Songs 8:14
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בְּרַ֣ח**׀** דּוֹדִ֗י וּֽדְמֵה־לְךָ֤ לִצְבִי֙ א֚וֹ לְעֹ֣פֶר הָֽאַיָּלִ֔ים עַ֖ל הָרֵ֥י בְשָׂמִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001:**
Flee my beloved and be like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And Israel responds:] Flee, my Beloved [from this exile, and redeem us from it], and liken Yourself [in Your swiftness] to a gazelle or to a young hart [to repose Your Shechinah] on the mountain of spices [(Mount Moriah and the Temple. May it be speedily rebuilt in our days, Amen!)]