Songs 2:8
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The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.

voice

Songs 5:2 I sleep, and my heart watcheth: the voice of my beloved knocking: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is full of dew, and my locks of the drops of the nights.

John 3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled.

John 10:4,5,27 And when he hath let out his own sheep, he goeth before them: and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. . . .

Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the gate and knock. If any man shall hear my voice and open to me the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him: and he with me.

leaping

2 Samuel 6:16 And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her heart.

Isaiah 35:6 Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness.

Jeremiah 48:27 For Israel hath been a derision unto them: as though thou hadst found him amongst thieves: for thy words therefore, which thou hast spoken against him, thou shalt be led away captive.

Luke 6:23 Be glad in that day and rejoice: for behold, your reward is great in heaven, For according to these things did their fathers to the prophets.

Acts 3:8 And he leaping up, stood and walked and went in with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God.

Acts 14:10 Said with a loud voice: Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked.

the mountains

Isaiah 40:3,4 The voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the wilderness the paths of our God. . . .

Isaiah 44:23 Give praise, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath shewn mercy: shout with joy, ye ends of the earth: ye mountains, resound with praise, thou, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and Israel shall be glorified.

Isaiah 49:11-13 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted. . . .

Isaiah 55:12,13 For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall sing praise before you, and all the trees of the country shall clap their hands. . . .

Luke 3:4-6 As it was written in the book of the sayings of Isaias the prophet: A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. . . .

Context
The Bride's Admiration
7I adjure you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and the harts of the field, that you stir not up, nor make the beloved to awake, till she please. 8The voice of my beloved, behold he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping over the hills.9My beloved is like a roe, or a young hart. Behold he standeth behind our wall, looking through the windows, looking through the lattices.…
Cross References
Songs 2:17
Till the day break, and the shadows retire. Return: be like, my beloved, to a roe, or to a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Songs 4:16
Arise, O north wind, and come, O south wind, blow through my garden, and let the aromatical spices thereof flow.

Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: of him that sheweth forth good, that preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion: Thy God shall reign!

Lexicon
Listen!
ק֣וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

My beloved [approaches].
דּוֹדִ֔י (dō·w·ḏî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle

Look!
הִנֵּה־ (hin·nêh-)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

Here
זֶ֖ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

he comes,
בָּ֑א (bā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

leaping
מְדַלֵּג֙ (mə·ḏal·lêḡ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1801: To spring

across
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the mountains,
הֶ֣הָרִ֔ים (he·hā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

bounding
מְקַפֵּ֖ץ (mə·qap·pêṣ)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7092: To draw together, close, to leap, to die

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the hills.
הַגְּבָעֽוֹת׃ (hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1389: A hillock


Additional Translations
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

The voice of my beloved! lo, this -- he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.
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