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The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.

from-kisses-of let-him-kiss-me to-Solomon which the-songs song-of

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The Bride Confesses Her Love
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as-to-fragrance more-than-wine love-of-you good for mouth-of-him 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his
mouth!
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For your love is better than wine;
virgins thus upon name-of-you she-is-poured-out oil good oils-of-you your anointing oils are fragrant;
your name is oil poured out;
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4 Draw me after you; let us run.
the-king he-has-brought-me let-us-run after-you draw-me they-love-you
The king has brought me into his
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love-of-you
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we-will-extol in-you and-we-will-rejoice we-will-exult chambers-of-him
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We will exult and rejoice in you;
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we will extol your love more than wine;
daughters-of but-lovely very-dark they-love-you right more-than-wine rightly do they love you.
SHE
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0 daughters of Jerusalem,
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gaze-at-me not Solomon like-curtains-of Kedar like-tents-of Jerusalem

like the tents of Kedar,
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like the curtains of Solomon.
mother-of-me sons-of the-sun that-she-has-looked-upon -me dark that-I 6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has looked upon me.
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My mother's sons were angry with me;
the-vineyards one-keeping they-made-me
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with-me they-were-angry they made me keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have not kept!
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7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves,
where you pasture your flock,
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whom-she-loves to-me tell I -have-kept not that-to-me vineyard-of-me

where you make it lie down at noon;
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for why should I be like one who veils
herself
that-why at-the-noon you-make-lie-down where you-pasture where soul-of-me
beside the flocks of your companions?
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Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
HE
not if companions-of-you flocks-of like-one-wrapping-up I-shall-be

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0 most beautiful among women,
in-tracks-of to-you go-out among-the-women the-beautiful-one to-you you-know follow in the tracks of the flock,
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beside the shepherds' tents.
tents-of by young-goats-of-you and-pasture the-flock
9 I compare you, my love,
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to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
1 0 Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
I-compare-you Pharaoh among-chariots-of to-mare-of-me the-ones-shepherding
your neck with strings of jewels.
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We will make for you2 ornaments of gold,
neck-of-you with-the-string-ornaments cheeks-of-you they-are-lovely beloved-of-me
studded with silver.
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with for-you we-will-make gold string-ornaments-of with-the-neck-ornaments 12 While the king was on his couch,
my nard gave forth its fragrance.
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he-gave nard-of-me on-couch-of-him that-the-king while the-silver points-of that lies between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna
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blossoms
breasts-of-me between to-me love-of-me the-myrrh sachet-of fragrance-of-him in the vineyards of Engedi.

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based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words
Engedi in-vineyards-of to-me love-of-me the-henna cluster-of he-stays 2The Hebrew for you is feminine singular
SONG OF SONGS 1 : 1 5-2: 1 3 1454 Hebrew (BHS)

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Behold, you are beautiful, my love; :t:J"Ji" I" 1: �.,µ, i1!>"lT T
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behold, you are beautiful; doves eyes-of-you beautiful behold-you beloved-of-me beautiful behold-you
your eyes are doves.
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16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, green couch-of-us also pleasant also love-of-me beautiful behold-you
truly delightful.
Our couch is green;
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1 7 the beams of our house are cedar; pines rafters-of-us cedars houses-of-us beams-of

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our rafters are pine.
I am a rose 1 of Sharon,
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among as-lily the-valleys lily-of the-Sharon rose-of

a lily of the valleys.
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2 As a lily among brambles, among-trees-of as-apple the-daughters among beloved-of-me so the-brambles
so is my love among the young women.
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3 As an apple tree among the trees ofthe forest, I -delighted with-shadow-of-him the-sons among love-of-me so the-forest
so is my beloved among the young men.
With great delight I sat in his shadow, -; � :"::ln; I" • :
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and his fruit was sweet to my taste. to he-brought-me to-palate-of-me sweet and-fruit-of-him and-I-sat
4 He brought me to the banqueting house,2
and his banner over me was love. ;�1�7?Q 5 : i1:li1N IT -: -
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s Sustain me with raisins; sustain-me love and-banner-of-him the-wine house-of
refresh me with apples,
for I am sick with love. :"JN i1:li1N n;;n _., :;l t:J"m::>.n:J "J11::>i niW"WN:J
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6 His left hand is under my head,
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love
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being-sick-of for with-the-apples

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refresh-me
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with-the-raisins
and his right hand embraces me!
7 I adjure you,3 0 daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
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she-embraces-me and-right-hand-of-him to-head-of-me under left-of-him

that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases. ni,"N:J iN
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The Bride Adores Her Beloved

in-does-of or by-female-gazelles Jerusalem daughters-of -you I-adjure
s The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes,
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leaping over the mountains, until the-love you-awaken or-if you-stir-up not the-field
bounding over the hills.
9 My belo'4!fd is like a gazelle l?11? N:J ...T
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or a young stag. over leaping coming this behold love-of-me voice-of that-she-pleases
Behold, there he stands
behind our wall, iN "�¥7
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gazing through the windows, or to-gazelle love-of-me being-like the-hills over bounding the-mountains
looking through the lattice.
10 My beloved speaks and says to me: h"�o/Q ut?n:!l inN 1 gip i1T -i1Ji} 0"'!1Ni1 i!>lh •• ."
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"Arise, my love, my beautiful one, gazing wall-of-us behind standing this behold the-deer to-fawn-of
and come away,
l t for behold, the winter is past; iDN1 .,, ;,
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the rain is over and gone. and-he-says love-of-me he-answers the-lattice from shining the-windows

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12 The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing4 has come,
and the voice of the turtledove
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to-you and-come beautiful-one-of-me beloved-of-me to-you arise to-me
is heard in our land.
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13 The fig tree ripens its figs,

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and the vines are in blossom; ...T T lT :

to-him he-is-gone he-is-over the-rain the-winter behold for

they give forth fragrance.
1 Probably a bulb, such as a crocus, asphodel, or narcissus ;; i?l l?"� D i" 9·! iJ n p 1'1�9 urp 0"� ¥�iJ i2
2 Hebrew the house ofwine 3That is, I put you on oath; so
and-voice-of he-has-arrived the-song time-of on-the-earth they-appear the-blossom
throughout the Song 4 Or pruning

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she-ripens the-fig in-land-of-us he-is-heard the-turtledove

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come arise fragrance they-give blossom and-the-vines unripened-fruit-of-him

English (ESV) 1455 SONG OF SONGS 2: 14-3:7

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Arise, my love, m y beautiful one,
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in-clefts-of dove-of-me to-you and-come beautiful-one-of-me beloved-of-me 1 4 0 my dove, in the clefts of the rock,

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1l)Q� v;o;i in the crannies of the cliff,
let me see your face,
appearance-of-you show-me the-foothold in-covering-of the-rock let me hear your voice,
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for your voice is sweet,
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and your face is lovely.
1 5 Catch the foxes I for us,
sweet voice-of-you for voice-of-you let-me-hear-me
the little foxes
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little foxes foxes grasp lovely and-appearance-of-you for our vineyards are in blossom:'

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1 6 My beloved is mine, and I am his;
he grazes2 among the lilies.
and-I to-me love-of-me blossom since-vineyards-of-us vineyards ones-ruining 1 7 Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
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i? turn, my beloved, be like a gazelle
and-they-flee the-day that-he-breathes until among-the-lilies the-one-grazing to-him or a young stag on cleft mountains.3
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The Bride's Dream
the-deer to-fawn-of or to-gazelle love-of-me to-you be-like turn the-shadows On my bed by night
I sought him whom my soul loves;
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cleft mountains-of on 2 I will rise now and go about the city,
in the streets and in the squares;
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3 I will seek him whom my soul loves.
soul-of-me whom-she-loves I-sought by-the-nights bed-of-me on I sought him, but found him not.
3 The watchmen found me
,.,µ;i il;f�i 0 �1 N� ;i 91p� 2 :1"l) N ¥ 1? N71 1"l)o/iP� as they went about in the city.
in-the-city and-I-will-go-about please I-will-rise I-found-him but-not I-sought-him " Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
4 Scarcely had I passed them
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when I found him whom my soul loves.
I held him, and would not let him go
until I had brought him into my mother's
soul-of-me whom-she-loves I-will-seek and-in-the-open-squares in-the-streets

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and into the chamber of her who
the-ones-watching they-found-me I-found-him but-not I-sought-him
conceived me.
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s I adjure you, 0 daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
you-have-seen soul-of-me whom-she-loves in-the-city the-surrounding that you not stir up or awaken love
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until it pleases.
whom-she-loves that-J-found until from-them that-I-had-passed as-little Solomon Arrives for the Wedding
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6 What is that coming up from the
wilderness
that-I-brought-him until I-will-let-go-him and-not I-held-on-to-him soul-of-me like columns of smoke,

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perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
with all the fragrant powders of a
I-adjure one-conceiving-of-me chamber and-to mother-of-me house-of to merchant?
7 Behold, it is the litter4 of Solomon!
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Around it are sixty mighty men,
not the-field in-does-of or by-female-gazelles Jerusalem daughters-of -you some of the mighty men of Israel,

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1 Or jackals 2 Or he pastures hisflock 3 Or mountains of
Bether 4That is, the couch on which servants carry a king
this who that-she-pleases until the-love you-awaken or-if stir-you

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myrrh being-made-smoke-of smoke like-columns-of the-wilderness from coming-up

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couch-of-him behold one-trading powder-of from-all-of and-frankincense

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from-mighty-ones-of to-her all-around mighty-ones sixty that-to-Solomon

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s all of them wearing swords

and expert in war, iz>"N<" ilDn?n
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each with his sword at his thigh, man war being-taught-of sword being-grasped-of all-of-them

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against terror by night.
9 King Solomon made himself a carriage I
from the wood of Lebanon. he-made carriage by-the-nights from-terror thigh-of-him at sword-of-him

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10 He made its posts of silver,

its back of gold, its seat of purple;

' its interior was inlaid with love he-made posts-of-him the-Lebanon from-wood-of Solomon the-King for-him

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by the daughters of Jerusalem.
1 1 Go out, 0 daughters of Zion,
and look upon King Solomon,
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midst-of-him purple place-for-riding-of-him gold back-of-him silver
with the crown with which his mother
crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
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and-look go-out Jerusalem from-daughters-of love being-inlaid
on the day of the gladness of his heart.
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Solomon Ad m i res His Bride's Beauty
-him which-she-crowned with-the-crown Solomon on-the-King Zion daughters-of
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Behold, you are beautiful, my love, :i::i?
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heart-of-him gladness-of and-on-day-of wedding-of-him on-day-of mother-of-him

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Your eyes are doves
behind your veil.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
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leaping down the slopes of Gilead. doves eyes-of-you beautiful behold-you beloved-of-me beautiful behold-you
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Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
that have come up from the washing,
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all of which bear twins, that-they-move-down the-goats like-flock-of hair-of-you to-veil-of-you from-behind
and not one among them has lost its
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Your lips are like a scarlet thread, the-ones-being-shorn like-flock teeth-of-you Gilead from-mountain-of

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and your mouth is lovely.
Your cheeks are like halves of a T ••
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pomegranate bearing-twins which-all-of-them the-washing that-they-have-come-up

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behind your veil.
4 Your neck is like the tower of David, • T- <: 1•: lT - ! "•.

built in rows of stone;2 the-crimson like-thread-of among-them there-is-not and-deprived-of-offspring

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on it hang a thousand shields,
all of them shields of warriors.
Your two breasts are like two fawns,
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s temple-of-you the-pomegranate like-split-of lovely and-mouth-of-you lips-of-you
twins of a gazelle,

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that graze among the lilies.
Until the day breathes
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one-being-built neck-of-you David like-tower-of to-veil-of-you from-behind

and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of myrrh "tJ?iz>
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and the hill of frankincense. small-shields-of all-of on-him being-hung the-shield thousand-of to-rows-of-stones
7 You are altogether beautiful, my love;
there is no flaw in you. illt:J.�
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s Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; • : J "" l" -

female-gazelle twins-of fawns like-two-of breasts-of-you two-of the-mighty-ones

come with me from Lebanon.
DepartJ from the peak of Amana,
from the peak of Senir and Hermon,
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from the dens of lions, and-they-flee the-day that-he-breathes among-the-lilies the-ones-grazing

I Or sedan chair 2The meaning of the Hebrew word is n��� -?�1 1i;jiJ 1D -?� t:J"''
,.,. �il
T: -
uncertain JOr Look hill-of and-to the-myrrh mountain-of to as-to-me I-will-go the-shadows

:1::iIT Oi7?i "D:l?1 ri�: 1�� 7 :il�i:i7D

in-you there-is-not and-flaw beloved-of-me beautiful all-of-you the-frankincense

I "!i'¥� "�i;i� 1i�:t7Q "l)N ii?� li.J:t?Q "rtNS

<" •

depart-you you-come from-Lebanon with-me bride from-Lebanon with-me

ni�l� ni�V'?Q 1in1ry1 i.,.,�V? iz>N17J< ilj7JN
T T-: iz>N]Q
••

lions from-dens-of and-Hermon Senir from-top-of Amana from-top-oi

English (ESV) 145 7 SONG OF SONGS 4:9-5:3

i1?:J "nhN "J.n�:;i; 9 : 0"i7JJ "iii17J from the mountains o f leopards.

9
nT - J" -: • l" : - • 1· •• : l. . : - I. .

bride sister-of-me you -have-captivated-heart-of-me leopards from-mountains-of You have captivated my heart, my sister,
my bride;
i'jewel
J� with-one-of
1nN:;i r - :
1:j"�Q in N :;iJ- - :
;�.,fl:;i�7 you have captivated my heart with one
glance of your eyes,
from-eyes-of-you with-one you-have-captivated-heart-of-me
with one jewel of your necklace.
i1?:J "nhN
nT - J" -: 1::r1 i!)!t
J T
-;i Q 10 =1: t1wQ 10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my
bride!
bride sister-of-me love-of-you they-are-beautiful how from-necklaces-of-you
How much better is your love than wine,
1:J9V? n.,,,
- J.. :
?:�Q 1:11 i�b <
-;i Q
how
and the fragrance of your oils than any
spice!
oils-of-you and-fragrance-of more-than-wine love-of-you good 11 Your lips drip nectar, my bride;
<- i1?:l TtJin �tp i1J!lb.n n!l.l 11 : o"niv:;i
w:rr : nT - T : J • • : •J I" T :
- ;:l7J T •
honey and milk are under your tongue;
the fragrance of your garments is like the
honey bride lips-of-you they-drip nectar spices more-than-any-of fragrance of Lebanon.

1:un7w nn.n :i?m 12 A garden locked is my sister, my bride,

n"i:l- J .. :
n.,,,.
- ). : - J- T T : a spring locked, a fountain sealed.
like-fragrance-of garments-of-you and-fragrance-of tongue-of-you under and-milk 13 Your shoots are an orchard of

;u.u 'l
pomegranates
t;:�Q l T J-
i1?:J nT -
"nhN
J" 'w� 1 1 � 12 : 1; � �7 with all choicest fruits,
fountain being-locked spring bride sister-of-me being-locked garden Lebanon henna with nard,
14
1:67V? 13 :mnn
nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
0"1.m n• T :
"i.9 01] 0"�i7Y!
J" : l"
01i.9 J .. : - I T
with all trees of frankincense,
choice-things fruit-of with pomegranates orchard-of shoots-of-you being-sealed myrrh and aloes,
with all choice spices-
-;� o � tib � i?1 hJi? o 51:J1 1 Tl).. 14 :O""Jl� -ol' 0"-:1�9 1s a garden fountain, a well of living water,
all-of with and-cinnamon calamus and-saffron nard nard with henna and flowing streams from Lebanon.
16
tWQ 15 :0" 9�9 " WNl -;� o� ni? ;:t�1 ib< i1Ji�7 .,�� Awake, 0 north wind,
and come, 0 south wind!
fountain-of spices tops-of all-of with and-aloes myrrh frankincense trees-of Blow upon my garden,

.,�t;11 li!l ¥ "lW 16 : ti � �7 - 1 Q o"7.T.l 1 o"��D 0:9 i � f O"��

let its spices flow.

and-come north awake Lebanon from and-flowing alive water well-of gardens Together in the Garden of Love

N�" < T
1"7Jiv� nT T :
i?-T: "f.J "D"-?i/ 17?"D
SHE
Let my beloved come to his garden,
let-him-come spices-of-him they-shall-flow garden-of-me blow-upon south and eat its choicest fruits.

")� ??-N"1 ;1i1 HE

:1"1.l7J i�J7
5
IT T : I came to my garden, my sister, my
choices-of-him fruit-of and-let-him-eat to-garden-of-him love-of-me bride,
5
I gathered my myrrh with my spice,
- oµ ;l i7J "n"iN "°h?:J "nhN
• <" T T - J"
'�J7 "nN:;i 1
• JT I ate my honeycomb with my honey,
with myrrh-of-me I-gathered bride sister-of-me to-garden-of-me I-came I drank my wine with my milk.
OTHERS
"J""
l" ••
"n"nw "W:;il -oµ
J" T ;!�� "T-1,:JN
: <- "biv:;i T • T : Eat, friends, drink,
wine-of-me I-drank honey-of-me with honeycomb-of-me I-ate spice-of-me and be drunk with love!
i1JW" "JN 2 :0"1i1 ii:JW1 inW O"lJi i;:JN .,�; n - oµ
l T •• : J" -: I" l : • : ) : • •• J : • n• T -: The Bride Searches for Her Beloved
asleep I love and-be-drunk drink friends eat milk-of-me with SHE

"7
2 I slept, but my heart was awake.

to-me
p�;,
knocking
.,, ;,
love-of-me
J" l'ii?
sound-of
il]..,
being-awake
..

but-heart-of-me
"),,
J" • :
A sound! My beloved is knocking.
"Open to me, my sister, my love,

;WNitp
my dove, my perfect one,
"fmn • T -
"nJi" J" T
;n"l'i
• T : -
"nhN
<" -:
for my head is wet with dew,
that-head-of-me perfect-one-of-me dove-of-me beloved-of-me sister-of-me my locks with the drops of the night."
3 I had put off my garment;
"D�r;if -n � ;rlOW.9 3 : ;i;.,; "O"Oi c "Di��.i? ;9 -N?T?� • : - T T : IT •• J" :
how could I put it on?
I had bathed my feet;
garment-of-me I-had-put-off night drops-of locks-of-me dew being-full
how could I soil them?
:O!lJON i1:J:J"N
I. . : - -: T JT ••
"'lil- : -
".n�ni • : J- T
i1JW:;i;N i1:J:J"N
T n"." T : •: T lT ••

I-soil-them how feet-of-me I-had-bathed I-put-on-her how

4:9pnmc1
5:2 c sic i; � any Hebrew manuscripts and
'
editions, 'H?
SONG OF SONGS 5 :4- 1 6 1458 Hebrew (BHS)

,,.,
'·
4 My beloved put his hand to the latch,
and my heart was thrilled within me.
"1'nil- ••
itiiJ - 1 Q T
n?w <- T
"°ti1 4
s I arose to open to my beloved, and-insides-of-me the-hole from hand-of-him he-stretched-out love-of-me
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with liquid myrrh, .,,;,;
I\"
n n !l?
- J : •
"JNl" - :
".ryT? i?- 5 a :1"?1' IT T
m;i J T

on the handles of the bolt. to-love-of-me to-open I I-arose over-him they-were-turbulent

6 I opened to my beloved,
but my beloved had turned and gone. iiD J 'DVf¥� l ii6 -1!Jt>J : IT
.,,.,,
J-T :

My soul failed me when he spoke. going-over myrrh and-fingers-of-me myrrh they-dripped and-hands-of-me
I sought him, but found him not;
I called him, but he gave no answer. i' 9 t:i ""Ji11 .,,;,7 '�� ".ry7:1f-l� 6 :?il:'·F� iJ ni��
7 The watchmen found me he-had-turned but-love-of-me to-love-of-me I-opened the-bolt hands-of

N7l �i1"D'¥�:;i
as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me, ;•91:;i i1 � ¥: 'V!� J i ��
they took away my veil, but-not I-sought-him when-to-speak-him she-went-out soul-of-me he-had-gone-over
those watchmen of the walls.
s I adjure you, 0 daughters of Jerusalem, "JN�D 7
• S"•. T :
:"JJ1' • IT T
N?i J :
1"l) Nli? ii1"liN�1J • T :
if you find my beloved, they-found-me he-answered-me but-not I-called-him I-found-him
that you tell him
I am sick with love. "Ji1'�!J "Ji:li1 i"1':1 O":J.:J.bi1
) 0"iDWi1
OTHERS
• n T : • J • l" T " : - •)" : -

they-bruised-me they-struck-me in-the-city the-ones-going-about the-ones-watching

9 What is your beloved more than another
beloved, :niDhi1 1 -
"iDWl"" :
;l"ll iNivJ< : T
0 most beautiful among women? the-walls ones-watching-of from-on-me veil-of-me they-took
What is your beloved more than another
beloved,
that you thus adjure us?
�N¥9T:1 -o � q�o/ ii; niJ:i J :
o:mN
("."
.. "rl1':1Wi1 s
:
. .
: r :
.

you-find if Jerusalem daughters-of -you I-adjure

The Bride Praises H e r Beloved
SHE
:"JN i1:J.i1N
• IT lT - : -
n?inw r •:
;? i1"lrl -;i Q J" -
"1i1
10
I love that-being-sick-of -him you-tell what love-of-me
My beloved is radiant and ruddy,

11
distinguished among ten thousand.
His head is the finest gold; 1J.i1 O"W�:l n" T -
i1!Jlli1lT T -
iiiQ 1J.i1
his locks are wavy, love-of-you among-the-women 0-beautiful-one more-than -love love-of-you

12
black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves
? u1 l T
OiiN1 T :
"1i1 IO :iJrl1':1Wi1 i1:J:lW
J" IT : - : • T lT '."
iiiQ
beside streams of water, distinguished and-red radiant love-of-me you-adjure-us that-thus more-than-love
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pooJ. 7 0"7D7D b ,.,.Qi�i i? i!:l on ::J iWNi 11 : i1J:J.iD
13
nT ·: J"." l IT T ! ...

His cheeks are like beds of spices, wavy locks-of-him refined-gold gold-of head-of-him from -ten-thousand
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are lilies, hi�n"1 O"D "i?"!JN
I.. -:
-?� O"Ji":l
I • nT J" -: l"
1"J"1' 1 2 ::iii V:l niihw
T •• 1•• T l :

dripping liquid myrrh. bathing water channels-of by like-doves eyes-of-him as-the-raven black

OiP.:tliJ a nf-ii�� 1;t:i7 1 3

14 His arms are rods of gold,
set with jewels. :nN;D -?1'- ni:iw� :i? n:i
I.. • l : T T I". "

His body is polished ivory,2 the-spice like-garden-of cheeks-of-him fullness by sitting in-the-milk
bedecked with sapphires.3
15 His legs are alabaster columns, :i:iv 1 ··
ii1f ni!;Jt?j O"�Wio/ 1".Qin �ip O"tJi?l 9 ni?l�Q
set on bases of gold. going-over myrrh dripping lilies lips-of-him fragrances towers-of
,.,,., 14
His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as the cedars. 1"1'D ••
W"Wirl:l O"NtyDD :J.i1i .,?.,?l
n• : - - l" T "• . : T T J "" • : TT
16 His mouth4 is most sweet, ivory plate-of belly-of-him with-the-beryl being-filled
T

gold rods-of hands-of-him

and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
0 daughters of Jerusalem.
0"10"D ww l" T "•. :
"1 m1'•• J -
1"j?iW 15 :O"i"!:JD n!l1,1'D 1· • - ·: l": ••
• :

on being-set marble columns-of legs-of-him sapphires being-covered

:O"!l�f tii:t7� b�l Q _.,Jl�

The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain 2The meaning
1

of the Hebrew word is uncertain J Hebrew lapis

4 Hebrew palate
lazuli i i1:1f i�
as-the-cedars being-chosen like-the-Lebanon appearance-of-him refined-gold bases-of
5:4 a Hebrew fragment from Cairo Geniza, bt:i 16
many Hebrew manuscripts and editions, '?V '1 i1 i1i 0"1DnD ;ty:l1 O" i?D 99
5:11 b sic L; many Hebrew manuscripts and
<": n• - -: - l ••• :

love-of-me this desirable-things and-all-of-him sweetness roof-of-mouth-of-him

;
editions, '�i? ; cf. verse 2, BHS note c
5:13 a read with a few Hebrew manuscripts, :o?t.Vii" niJ:i "µ1 ;in
most versions, n.l - ; cf. 6:2
• IT T : l : J•::

Jerusalem daughters-of friend-of-me and-this

English (ES V) 1459 SONG OF SONGS 6: 1 -7: 1 [6: 1 3]
OTHERS
tl"WjJ i1!Jlti1 1'1ii 1? � i1.JN 1 6
6
11 • T - lT T - T T< Where has your beloved gone,
among-the-women 0-beautiful-one love-of-you he-has-gone where-DIR 0 most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
:':T�l]
·1 IT •
utpp:;;i� 1 i1l9 JT T
i1JN T T< that we may seek him with you?
love-of-me with-you that-we-may-seek-him love-of-you he-has-turned where-DIR
Together in the Garden of Love
ot,vj;i ... " -
nil11v; l •
iiJ? 11" J- T
SHE
to-graze the-spice to-garden-beds-of to-garden-of-him he-has-gone-down 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden

"}i11 '1;17 "JN 3 : O".;it.Vit.V

<" - : 1• - I 017771 0"���
to the beds of spices,
to graze7 in the gardens
and-love-of-me to-love-of-me lilies and-to-gather in-the-gardens and to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine;
:
;i�1n:>
T • :
'n"lJ1 • T : -
nN i1!l" 4 : O".;it.ViWJ
: <- T T I" - -
i1lJ"1i1l"." T
"7 he grazes among the lilies.
as-Tirzah beloved-of-me you beautiful among-the-lily the-one-grazing to-me

"J0i1 s
Solomon and His Bride Delight

l:[�j.,µ •
< .. T
:ni,l1j:l I T : ' -
i1�"N o?t.V11":> i11NJ
lT "•. -: " /I T T lT T
in Each Other
HE
eyes-of-you turn-away as-the-ones-being-arranged awesome as-Jerusalem lovely
) 4 You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love,
0"flJi1 111':3 11l;'W "J:J."i11i1 Oi1W "11�Q
.
lovely as Jerusalem,
• '."J. . : . ,,•• l .. J'."

the-goats
' IT

like-flock-of hair-of-you they-overwhelm-me

•
• : •

that- they from-before-me awesome as an army with banners.

s Turn away your eyes from me,

O"? n1i1 • •• : Tl
111':!> "."J .. :
:1lJ,li1 IT : ' -
it.V,lt.V
l : T '."
for they overwhelm me-
Your hair is like a flock of goats
the-ewes like-flock-of teeth-of-you the-Gilead from that-they-leap leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
nin" ��Q b;:>t.V T ••
• •:
mzn1;i /IT : - T
i'lJt.V l T "." that have come up from the washing;
bearing-twins that-all-of-them the-washing that-they-have-come-up all of them bear twins;
n;!l:> 7- <"." :
:Oi1J I'." T 1"� i1,:lt.V1 lT "•. - :
not one among them has lost its young.
7 Your cheeks are like halves of a
the-pomegranate like-split-of among-them there-is-not and-deprived-of-offspring pomegranate
a n;:J; �. h �;1 O"WW s T : T .. J" •
:i.p9�7 1lJJO - l- •
behind your veil.
s There are sixty queens and eighty
queens they sixty to-veil-of-you from-behind temple-of-you concubines,
) and virgins without number.
N" D nnN 9 :1.900 )- - IT : • 1"� n;o;v, tl"Wl,".9 O"Jbl.Vi
l T -: - ,,. : - ,. l" : 9 My dove, my perfect one, is the only one,
she one number there-is-not and-virgins concubines and-eighty the only one of her mother,
pure to her who bore her.
N"i1 i1iJ l" JT T
n6N? T • :
N" D nnN r -
".ti�n • T -
"nJi" J' T
The young women saw her and called her
she pure to-mother-of-her she one perfect-one-of-me dove-of-me blessed;
the queens and concubines also, and they
i1iiWN" 1
T : - : 1-
hiJ:J. T
i1iNi
T < T
;,n1;;.,;/IT : - I :
praised her.
queens and-they-called-blessed-her daughters they-saw-her to-one-bearing-of-her 10 "Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
i1 � i?o/� iJ nNt -.,Q 10 J
: i1i?' i1" 1
T I : - : r-
O"Wb"!li l' : - 1·
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
awesome as an army with banners?"
SHE
like the-one-looking-down this who and-they-praised-her and-concubines

:ni;l1.;i: :> I T • -
i1�"N ;irjn:l h i::i ;ij:J.;:>
lT "•. -: T - 1- T T T T : -
i1!l" int.V
JT T - /IT
1 1 I went down to the nut orchard
to look at the blossoms of the valley,
as-the-ones-being-arranged awesome as-the-sun pure as-the-moon beautiful dawn to see whether the vines had budded,
; n.;i;i
-11T -
"JNJJ.. • :
niN1; l : •
"rl1i"
•
: -T
hl � n.;il
<- .
-;� 11 whether the pomegranates were in
bloom.
the-valley at-blossoms-of to-look I-went-down nut-tree orchard-of to 12 Before I was aware, my desire set me

among the chariots of my kinsman, a

N? 12 J
:O"Jbii1 I' • T
i�J.iJ l��iJ i1n1!li1JT : IT - :
hiN17 prince.2
OTHERS
not the-pomegranates they-blossomed the-vine ? -she-has-budded to-see

::J."1J I" T
- ., �� ni:J.:>10 "Jnnt.v "W!lJ "rll'i"
l : : - • : - T J" : - ' : -T
1 3 3 Return, return, 0 Shulammite,
return, return, that we may look upon
noble-one people-of-me chariots-of she-set-me soul-of-me I-knew you.
-;in�m ":;litJ? ":;lio/ n"$7 i'¥ iJ ':;i1w ":;lio/ 1 7 1 Or to pasture his flock; also verse 3 2 Or chariots ofAmmi­
Nadib 3Ch 7:1 in Hebrew
on-you that-we-may-look return return 0-Shulammite return return

6:8 a sic L; many Hebrew manuscripts and

editions, '7?
 SONG OF SONGS 7:2 [ 1 ] - 1 4 [ 1 3] 1 460 Hebrew (BHS)

HE
Why should you look upon the l!J!? S T
-;i o 2 :tr Jn�;i n?hn:J. • IT - : - 1- \- :
n"Tb?1w:i • - J -
hp�
Shulammite, they-are-beautiful hOW the-armies as-dance-of on-the-Shulammite you-look
as upon a dance before two armies? I
in:J 1 : � 1; "i?..m D :l"i.l -n � tl"?.UJ:J- 1: 9 �-?
7
J \• T :
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, like
:

thighs-of-you curves-of noble

n• T

daughter-of in-the-sandals feet-of-you

0 noble daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like jewels,
the work of a master hand.
- ?N i iJ Q iJ 1}- � l1l o/ 3 =1 1#� "T ;iw.un- ti"N?n \.. -: • T -:

2 Your navel is a rounded bowl

not the-roundness bowl-of navel-of-you craftsman hands-of work-of jewels
that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
: tl"J\Viw:i i1li0 tl"\PD nni.u
1· - - \T J- ·· - :
lJ'?:;l lmi1 ".•nT -
iOn" \- : ·:

encircled with lilies. with-the-lilies encircled wheat heap-of belly-of-you the-mixed-wine he-lacks
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle. 1 ").NVJ s : i1 �:;1� "9.�.t;l tl"9J� P: )..
".lW::l :
".lW
). 4
. :

4 Your neck is like an ivory tower. neck-of-you female-gazelle twins-of fawns like-two-of breasts-of-you two-of
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim. tl"�Tn � l.W W -?l} 1iilo/ Q� nt �n� 1 :J"µ 1W iJ ?J1 Q:P
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, Bath-rabbim gate-of by in-Heshbon pools eyes-of-you the-ivory like-tower-of

1ii;i7 iJ
which looks toward Damascus.
s Your head crowns you like Carmel, 1¥.!Ni 6 : pip�1 "J� ;ip i� ?J1 Q ::l l.P�
and your flowing locks are like purple; head-of-you Damascus face-of one-watching the-Lebanon like-tower-of nose-of-you
a king is held captive in the tresses.
6 How beautiful and pleasant you are, 1 7. 9. mn � � 1¥.!Ni n�1 1 ?¢1�� 1 : 7�
0 loved one, with all your delights!2 king like-the-purple head-of-you and-flowing-locks-of like-the-Carmel on-you
7 Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
nm:u: : - T
h'l!J!? • T
-;i o 7 : tl"t) ili:J 1• T : T
iiON J T

B I say I will climb the palm tree

you-are-pleasant you-are-beautiful how in -the-tresses being-confined
and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the inn? T T :
;inni
JT : IT
lD 9i i? nNi S <
: tl"lU.Url:J
1· -: 1- -
i1:li1N
\T - : -

vine, -palm-tree she-is-like stature-of-you this with-the-delights love

•
9
and the scent of your breath like apples,
and your mouthJ like the best wine. a ibn:i T T :
i1?.UN
J•: ·: : ·:
;niDN 9
• : - T
:ni?j\VN? I ! - ! 1:J o/1
SHE on-palm I-will-go-up I-say -clusters and-breasts-of-you
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth.4
ni??o/t9 1:1 o/ NJ -1., ;:i ;.1 1"At?� Q� il �D �
10
like-clusters-of breasts-of-you please and-let-them-be on-fruits-of-him I-will-take-hold
I am my beloved's,
and his desire is for me. :tl"ni!:lrl::l 1· - - 1� � n"i1
) - .. : 1-?� iJ
and-roof-of-mouth-of-you like-the-apples nose-of-you and-scent-of the-vine
The Bride Gives Her Love
11 Come, my beloved,
let us go out into the fields
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gliding-over to-smoothness for-love-of-me going the-good-one like-wine-of
and lodge in the villages;5
1 2 let us go out early to the vineyards
and see whether the vines have budded,
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whether the grape blossoms have opened come desire-of-him and-on-me to-love-of-me asleep-ones lips-of
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
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13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
let-us-do-early in-the-open-villages let-us-lodge the-field let-us-go-out love-of-me

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and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
new as well as old, nn:;, J- •
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which I have laid up for you, 0 my he-has-opened the-vine she-has-budded if let-us-see to-the-vineyards
beloved.
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Or dance of Mahanaim 2 Q r among delights
loves-of-me I-will-give there the-pomegranates they-have-bloomed the-blossom
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3Hebrew palate 4 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew

causing the lips ofsleepers to speak sor among the henna plants
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choice-things all-of doors-of-us and-by fragrance they-give the-mandrakes to-you

7:9 a read ,mi� ; cf. Septuagint
7 : 1 0 b-b Septuagint (Aquila, Symmachus),
: 1? "rl.l!l� "1i1 tl".lW" - o-'- tl"W1n
Syriac, Vulgate, xdArniv µou Kai 68 oucnv =
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for-you I-have-laid-up love-of-me old-ones also new-ones

':JW1 'mitv
7': i 3 b sic L; many Hebrew manuscripts and
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editions, -o�
 English (ES V) 1461 SONG OF SONGS 8: 1 - 1 2

"9 � "J.o/
mother-of-me breasts-of one-suckling to-me like-brother
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he-will-give-you who
s 8
Longing for H er Beloved
Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother's breasts!

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If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
I-lead-you -me they-despise not also I-kiss-you I-found-you
in-the-outside 2 I would lead you and bring you

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; into the house of my mother­
"1?. � she who used to teach me.
I-give-to-drink-you
she-taught-me mother-of-me house-of to I-bring-you I would give you spiced wine to drink,

- J- 1;Nnip 3
the juice of my pomegranate.
nnn :"Jb1• D" t?,!? 1d n j?1, ;:t 1· 1:;�Q 3 His left hand is under my head,
under left-of-him pomegranate-of-me from-juice-of the-spice from-wine and his right hand embraces me!
4 I adjure you, 0 daughters of Jerusalem,
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w •I-adjure • 4
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"WN1 that you not stir up or awaken love
-you she-embraces-me and-right-hand-of-him head-of-me until it pleases.

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s Who is that coming up from the
wilderness,
the-love you-awaken or-what you-stir-up what Jerusalem daughters-of leaning on her beloved?
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leaning
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the-wilderness from coming-up this who that-she-pleases until

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Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
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6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
there-DIR I-awakened-you the-apple-tree under love-of-her on as a seal upon your arm,
\ for love is strong as death,
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4'9 � 4'1:i�fD jealousy I is fierce as the grave.2
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
she-bore-you she-was-in-labor there-DIR mother-of-you you-she-was-in-labor-you
the very flame of the LORD.
•
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<T- _for:;)1• arm-of-you ., 4'#7 -;� o�ini "�g"V; 6 7 Many waters cannot quench love,
strong upon as-the-seal heart-of-you upon as-the-seal set-me neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
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all the wealth of his house,
fire flashes-of flashes-of-her
jealousy as-Sheol fierce love as-the-death heJ would be utterly despised.

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Final Advice
T

the-love
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OTHERS
to-quench they-are-able not many waters flame-of-Yah
s We have a little sister,
T i i!-;f -n � W"� 1n: -o� i1i!JOW" T : • N;J niii1Ji n : l T :
and she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
wealth-of all-of man he-gave if they-engulf-her not and-rivers on the day when she is spoken for?
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9 If she is a wall,
we will build on her a battlement of
little to-us sister -him they-despise to-despise over-the-love house-of-him silver,
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but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
on-the-day for-sister-of-us we-shall-do there-is-not and-breasts SHE

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i1" i1J:lJ 10 I was a wall,
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. and my breasts were like towers;
battlement-of on-her we-will-build
she wall if over-her that-he-speaks then I was in his eyes
i1bin "JN IO :i1N m; i1"'1' 1i�JT N"ii n;... ,.J•: -oN1 ti9#
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as one who finds4 peace.
wall cedar board-of on-her we-will-bind she door but-if silver 1 1 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he let out the vineyard to keepers;
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each one was to bring for its fruit a
as-one-finding in-eyes-of-him I-was
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then
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like-the-towers and-breasts-of-me thousand pieces of silver.

12 My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
o·p iJ -n � HJ� 7i 6 ;:t ;� ;p h b;o/7 ;i<:;:i 01# 11 :oi?o/ you, 0 Solomon, may have the thousand,
the-vineyard he-gave in-Baal-hamon to-Solomon he-was vineyard peace 1 Or ardor 2 Hebrew as Sheol 3 Or it 4 Or brings out

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silver thousand-of over-fruit-of-him he-shall-bring man to-the-ones-keeping

� rrnouaci
;in;o/ �7
8:5 f Septuagint (Syriac, Vulgate),
ti?�;:i "J!J' "�W "01:;) 12 aou ; read 1D1?;,
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Solomon to-you the-thousand before-me that-to-me vineyard-of-me 8:6 b read

 SONG OF SONGS 8: 1 3 - 1 4 1462 Hebrew (BHS)

and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.

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in-the-gardens 0-one-dwelling fruit-of-him to-ones-keeping and-two-hundred

u 0 you who dwell in the gardens,
with companions listening for your
voice;
1 n1.:;i 14 :"J"l'"DtVi1
J- : • I' • : - 1?.i P7 O"?."W i? Q O"i:ln • ) ' .. -:
flee let-hear-me for-voice-of-you listening-attentively companions
let me hear it.
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1 4 Make haste, my beloved, \- ' T - IT < : I

on -fawn-of or
the-deer -gazelle as-to-you and-be-like love-of-me
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.
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spices mountains-of