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Song of Solomon 3:4
I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses the city watchmen she just passed and the daughters of Jerusalem, narrating the exact moment she locates her beloved after a search.
The words — The Hebrew אֲחַזְתִּיוֹ ('a.chaz.Ti/v) translates literally to "I grasped him," and עַד ('ad) means "until," anchoring the narrator's physical persistence in the search.
The thread — The text's movement from urban search to secure dwelling parallels the sudden relocation in Song 6:12 and the command to hold fast found in Proverbs 4:13.
Why it lands — The passage requires a reader to acknowledge that finding something valued demands immediate physical retention and deliberate transport to a place of origin.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.
- Proverbs 4:13 Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
- Song of Solomon 6:12 Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
- Song of Solomon 8:2 I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
- Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Isaiah 45:19 I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
- Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
- Lamentations 3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
- Genesis 32:26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”