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Song of Solomon 8:13
You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses a woman located in garden spaces while other companions wait nearby, situated between a discussion of vineyard rents and an urgent summons for the beloved to depart.
The words — הַ/יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת (hai./yo.She.vet) denotes the one who dwells [H3427] and בַּ/גַּנִּ֗ים (ba./ga.Nim) specifies the location in the gardens [H1588].
The thread — The garden motif reappears in Song 4:16, while the pattern of seeking a specific location or voice parallels the inquiry in Song 1:7 and the departure with friends in Judges 11:38.
Why it lands — It demands that a reader recognize the immediate tension between communal expectation and private summons, requiring a direct response to the call for presence rather than lingering in observation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
Cross-references
- Song of Solomon 4:16 Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
- Song of Solomon 1:7 Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
- Judges 11:38 “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
- Judges 14:11 And when the Philistines saw him, they selected thirty men to accompany him.
- Psalms 45:14 In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
- Psalms 50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
- Song of Solomon 3:7 Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
- Song of Solomon 5:9 How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
- Song of Solomon 6:2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.