The Beloved about Her Lover:
2:8 Listen! 1 My lover is approaching! 2
Look! 3 Here he comes,
leaping over the mountains,
bounding over the hills!
The Beloved to Her Lover:
8:14 Make haste, my beloved!
Be like a gazelle or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.
1 tn Heb “The voice of my beloved!” The exclamation קוֹל (qol, “Listen!”) is an introductory exclamatory particle used to emphasize excitement and the element of surprise.
2 tn The phrase “is approaching” does not appear in Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
3 tn The exclamation הִנֵּה־זֶה (hinneh-zeh, “Look!”) is used of excited speech when someone is seen approaching (Isa 21:9).