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The Song of Songs 3:4

Context
NETBible

Scarcely 1  had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him 2  tightly and would not let him go 3  until I brought him to my mother’s house, 4  to the bedroom chamber 5  of the one who conceived me.

NIV ©

biblegateway Sos 3:4

Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.

NASB ©

biblegateway Sos 3:4

"Scarcely had I left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother’s house, And into the room of her who conceived me."

NLT ©

biblegateway Sos 3:4

A little while later I found him and held him. I didn’t let him go until I had brought him to my childhood home, into my mother’s bedroom, where I had been conceived.

MSG ©

biblegateway Sos 3:4

No sooner had I left them than I found him, found my dear lost love. I threw my arms around him and held him tight, wouldn't let him go until I had him home again, safe at home beside the fire.

BBE ©

SABDAweb Sos 3:4

I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother’s house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

NRSV ©

bibleoremus Sos 3:4

Scarcely had I passed them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go until I brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

NKJV ©

biblegateway Sos 3:4

Scarcely had I passed by them, When I found the one I love. I held him and would not let him go, Until I had brought him to the house of my mother, And into the chamber of her who conceived me.

[+] More English

KJV
[It was] but a little
<04592>
that I passed
<05674> (8804)
from them, but I found
<04672> (8804)
him whom my soul
<05315>
loveth
<0157> (8804)_:
I held
<0270> (8804)
him, and would not let him go
<07503> (8686)_,
until I had brought
<0935> (8689)
him into my mother's
<0517>
house
<01004>_,
and into the chamber
<02315>
of her that conceived
<02029> (8802)
me.
NASB ©

biblegateway Sos 3:4

"Scarcely
<04592>
had I left
<05674>
them When
<05704>
<7945> I found
<04672>
him whom
<07945>
my soul
<05315>
loves
<0157>
; I held
<0270>
on to him and would not let
<07503>
him go
<07503>
Until
<05704>
I had brought
<0935>
him to my mother's
<0517>
house
<01004>
, And into the room
<02315>
of her who conceived
<02029>
me."
LXXM
wv
<3739
CONJ
mikron
<3398
A-ASM
ote
<3753
ADV
parhlyon
<3928
V-AAI-1S
ap
<575
PREP
autwn
<846
D-GPM
ewv
<2193
PREP
ou
<3739
R-GSM
euron
<2147
V-AAI-1S
on
<3739
R-ASM
hgaphsen
<25
V-AAI-3S
h
<3588
T-NSF
quch
<5590
N-NSF
mou
<1473
P-GS
ekrathsa
<2902
V-AAI-1S
auton
<846
D-ASM
kai
<2532
CONJ
ouk
<3364
ADV
afhsw {V-FAI-1S} auton
<846
D-ASM
ewv
<2193
PREP
ou
<3739
R-GSM
eishgagon
<1521
V-AAI-1S
auton
<846
D-ASM
eiv
<1519
PREP
oikon
<3624
N-ASM
mhtrov
<3384
N-GSF
mou
<1473
P-GS
kai
<2532
CONJ
eiv
<1519
PREP
tamieion {N-ASN} thv
<3588
T-GSF
sullaboushv
<4815
V-PAPGS
me
<1473
P-AS
NET [draft] ITL
Scarcely
<04592>
had I passed
<05674>
them
<01992>
by when
<05704>
I found
<04672>
my beloved
<0157>
! I held
<0270>
onto him tightly and would not
<03808>
let him go
<07503>
until
<05704>
I brought
<0935>
him to
<0413>
my mother’s
<0517>
house
<01004>
, to
<0413>
the bedroom chamber
<02315>
of the one who conceived
<02029>
me.
HEBREW
ytrwh
<02029>
rdx
<02315>
law
<0413>
yma
<0517>
tyb
<01004>
la
<0413>
wytaybhs
<0935>
de
<05704>
wnpra
<07503>
alw
<03808>
wytzxa
<0270>
yspn
<05315>
hbhas
<0157>
ta
<0853>
ytaums
<04672>
de
<05704>
Mhm
<01992>
ytrbes
<05674>
jemk (3:4)
<04592>

NETBible

Scarcely 1  had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him 2  tightly and would not let him go 3  until I brought him to my mother’s house, 4  to the bedroom chamber 5  of the one who conceived me.

NET Notes

tn Heb “like a little.” The term כִּמְעַט (kimat), which is composed of the comparative preposition כְּ (kÿ, “like”) prefixed to the noun מְעַט (mÿat, “the small, the little, the few”), is an idiom that means “within a little” or “scarcely” (BDB 590 s.v. מְעַט b.2.a).

tn Heb “I held him” (אֲחַזְתִּיו, ’akhaztiv). The term אָחַז (’akhaz, “grasp”) denotes to forcefully seize someone to avoid losing hold of him (BDB 28 s.v. אָחַז b).

tn The verb רָפָה (rafah, “to let go”) means to relax one’s grip on an object or a person (HALOT 1276-77 s.v. רפה; BDB 952 s.v. רָפָה 2). The Hiphil stem means “to let loose” (Job 7:19; 27:6; Song 3:4; Sir 6:27) or “to release from one’s hands” (Deut 9:14; Josh 10:6; Ps 37:8). The negative expression לֹא רָפָה (lorafah, “to not let [someone or something] go”) denotes an intense desire or effort to not lose possession of someone or something (Job 27:6; Prov 4:13). Here the expression וְלֹא אַרְפֶּנּוּ (vÿlo’ ’arpennu, “I would not let him go”) pictures her determination to hold on to him so she would not lose him again. The shift from a suffix-conjugation (perfect) אֲחַזְתִּיו (’akhaztiv, “I grasped him”) to a prefix-conjugation (imperfect) אַרְפֶּנּוּ (’arpennu, “I would [not] let him go”) depicts a shift from a completed/consummative action (perfect: she took hold of his hand) to an ongoing/progressive action (imperfect: she would not let go of it). A basic distinction between the perfect and imperfect tenses is that of consummative versus progressive action. The literary/syntactical structure of אֲחַזְתִּיו וְלֹא אַרְפֶּנּוּ (“I grasped him and I would not let him go”) in 3:4 mirrors that of בִּקַּשְׁתִּיו וְלֹא מְצָאתִיו (biqqashtiv vÿlomÿtsativ, “I searched for him but I could not find him”) in 3:1-2. This parallelism in the literary and syntactical structure emphasizes the fortunate reversal of situation.

sn There is debate about the reason why the woman brought her beloved to her mother’s house. Campbell notes that the mother’s house is sometimes referred to as the place where marital plans were made (Gen 24:28; Ruth 1:8). Some suggest, then, that the woman here was unusually bold and took the lead in proposing marriage plans with her beloved. This approach emphasizes that the marriage plans in 3:4 are followed by the royal wedding procession (3:6-11) and the wedding night (4:1-5:1). On the other hand, others suggest that the parallelism of “house of my mother” and “chamber of she who conceived me” focuses on the bedroom of her mother’s house. Fields suggests that her desire was to make love to her beloved in the very bedroom chambers where she herself was conceived, to complete the cycle of life/love. If this is the idea, it would provide a striking parallel to a similar picture in 8:5 in which the woman exults that they had made love in the very location where her beloved had been conceived: “Under the apple tree I aroused you; it was there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you conceived you.”

tn The term חֶדֶר (kheder, “chamber”) literally means “dark room” (HALOT s.v. חֶדֶר 293) and often refers to a bedroom (Gen 43:30; Exod 7:28; Judg 3:24; 15:1; 16:9, 12; 2 Sam 4:7; 13:10; 1Kgs 1:15; 2 Kgs 6:12; 9:2; Eccl 10:20; Isa 26:20; Joel 2:16; Prov 24:4; Song 1:4; 3:4).




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