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1. At night on my bed, I looked for the one I love; I looked for him, but I could not find him.
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1. By night H3915 on H5921 my bed H4904 I sought H1245 H853 him whom my soul H5315 loveth H7945 H157 : I sought H1245 him , but I found H4672 him not H3808 .
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2. I got up and went around the city, in the streets and squares, looking for the one I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him.
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2. I will rise H6965 now H4994 , and go about H5437 the city H5892 in the streets H7784 , and in the broad ways H7339 I will seek H1245 him whom my soul H5315 loveth H7945 H157 : I sought H1245 him , but I found H4672 him not H3808 .
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3. The watchmen found me as they patrolled the city, so I asked, "Have you seen the one I love?"
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3. The watchmen H8104 that go about H5437 the city H5892 found H4672 me: to whom I said , Saw H7200 ye H853 him whom my soul H5315 loveth H7945 H157 ?
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4. As soon as I had left them, I found the one I love. I held him and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother's house, to the room where I was born.
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4. It was but a little H4592 that I passed H7945 H5674 from H4480 them, but H5704 I found H7945 H4672 H853 him whom my soul H5315 loveth H7945 H157 : I held H270 him , and would not H3808 let him go H7503 , until H5704 I had brought H7945 H935 him into H413 my mother H517 's house H1004 , and into H413 the chamber H2315 of her that conceived H2029 me.
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5. Women of Jerusalem, promise me by the gazelles and the deer not to awaken or excite my feelings of love until it is ready.
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5. I charge H7650 you , O ye daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 , by the roes H6643 , and H176 by the hinds H355 of the field H7704 , that ye stir not up H5782 H518 , nor H518 awake H5782 H853 my love H160 , till H5704 he please H7945 H2654 .
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6. Who is this coming out of the desert like a cloud of smoke? Who is this that smells like myrrh, incense, and other spices?
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6. Who H4310 is this H2063 that cometh H5927 out of H4480 the wilderness H4057 like pillars H8490 of smoke H6227 , perfumed H6999 with myrrh H4753 and frankincense H3828 , with all H4480 H3605 powders H81 of the merchant H7402 ?
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7. Look, it's Solomon's couchn with sixty soldiers around it, the finest soldiers of Israel.
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7. Behold H2009 his bed H4296 , which is Solomon H7945 H8010 's; threescore H8346 valiant men H1368 are about H5439 it , of the valiant H4480 H1368 of Israel H3478 .
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8. These soldiers all carry swords and have been trained in war. Every man wears a sword at his side and is ready for the dangers of the night.
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8. They all H3605 hold H270 swords H2719 , being expert H3925 in war H4421 : every man H376 hath his sword H2719 upon H5921 his thigh H3409 because of fear H4480 H6343 in the night H3915 .
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9. King Solomon had a couch made for himself of wood from Lebanon.
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9. King H4428 Solomon H8010 made H6213 himself a chariot H668 of the wood H4480 H6086 of Lebanon H3844 .
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10. He made its posts of silver and its braces of gold. The seat was covered with purple cloth that the women of Jerusalem wove with love.
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10. He made H6213 the pillars H5982 thereof of silver H3701 , the bottom H7507 thereof of gold H2091 , the covering H4817 of it of purple H713 , the midst H8432 thereof being paved H7528 with love H160 , for the daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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11. Women of Jerusalem, go out and see King Solomon. He is wearing the crown his mother put on his head on his wedding day, when his heart was happy!
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11. Go forth H3318 , O ye daughters H1323 of Zion H6726 , and behold H7200 king H4428 Solomon H8010 with the crown H5850 wherewith his mother H517 crowned H7945 H5849 him in the day H3117 of his espousals H2861 , and in the day H3117 of the gladness H8057 of his heart H3820 .
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