4Q108 (or4QCantc) is a fragment containing a portion of theSong of Songs (3:7–8) inHebrew.[1][2][3] Fragments from three such scrolls were found in Cave 4 atQumran. These, and6Q6 from Cave 6, estimated from 2nd century BCE, comprise the total witness to the Song from theDead Sea Scrolls, known so far.
It is evident that 4Q108 is not from the other two manuscripts of the Song found in the cave. The last two words of Song 3:7,g'bore Israel ("warriors of Israel") are already accounted for in4Q106; and the letters of4Q107 are formed by an observably different hand to 4Q108. The manner of composition (ductus) of the lettersaleph andshin differs between the manuscripts. Additionally, thelacuna in the second column of 4Q107 does not provide enough space to accommodate 4Q108.
4Q108 is a "tiny fragment"[4]containing only ten letters from two lines — five letters each from verses seven and eight of chapter three. The five letters from verse seven are:למה (lmh), the last three letters of the nameSolomon; andשש (šš) (shesh), thesix in the wordsixty. The five letters from verse eight are a single wordאחוזי (’ăḥūzî), the passive participle of the verb meaninggrasp. So 4Q108 reads: