Song of Solomon 3:4
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.
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Barnes' Notes
I held him - This begins the fourth stanza. The bride’s mother is mentioned again in Son 6:9; Son 8:2.
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
It was but a little that I passed from them i.e. Hardly had I gone from them when I found him whom my soul loveth.
I held him Rather, I laid hold on him.
and would not let him go Better, either as…
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