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1. Oh, I wish you were my brother, who nursed at my mother's breasts. Then I could kiss you no matter who was watching, and no one would criticize me.
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1. O that H4310 H5414 thou wast as my brother H251 , that sucked H3243 the breasts H7699 of my mother H517 ! when I should find H4672 thee without H2351 , I would kiss H5401 thee; yea H1571 , I should not H3808 be despised H936 .
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2. I would bring you to my childhood home, and there you would teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, my sweet pomegranate wine.
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2. I would lead H5090 thee, and bring H935 thee into H413 my mother H517 's house H1004 , who would instruct H3925 me : I would cause thee to drink H8248 of spiced H7544 wine H4480 H3196 of the juice H4480 H6071 of my pomegranate H7416 .
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3. Your left arm would be under my head, and your right arm would embrace me.
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3. His left hand H8040 should be under H8478 my head H7218 , and his right hand H3225 should embrace H2263 me.
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4. Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, not to awaken love until the time is right. Young Women of Jerusalem
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4. I charge H7650 you , O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 , that H4100 ye stir not up H5782 , nor H4100 awake H5782 H853 my love H160 , until H5704 he please H7945 H2654 .
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5. Who is this sweeping in from the desert, leaning on her lover? Young Woman I aroused you under the apple tree, where your mother gave you birth, where in great pain she delivered you.
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5. Who H4310 is this H2063 that cometh up H5927 from H4480 the wilderness H4057 , leaning H7514 upon H5921 her beloved H1730 ? I raised thee up H5782 under H8478 the apple tree H8598 : there H8033 thy mother H517 brought thee forth H2254 : there H8033 she brought thee forth H2254 that bore H3205 thee.
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6. Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as enduring as the grave. Love flashes like fire, the brightest kind of flame.
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6. Set H7760 me as a seal H2368 upon H5921 thine heart H3820 , as a seal H2368 upon H5921 thine arm H2220 : for H3588 love H160 is strong H5794 as death H4194 ; jealousy H7068 is cruel H7186 as the grave H7585 : the coals H7565 thereof are coals H7565 of fire H784 , which hath a most vehement flame H7957 .
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7. Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it. If a man tried to buy love with all his wealth, his offer would be utterly scorned. The Young Woman's Brothers
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7. Many H7227 waters H4325 cannot H3808 H3201 H853 quench H3518 love H160 , neither H3808 can the floods H5104 drown H7857 it: if H518 a man H376 would give H5414 H853 all H3605 the substance H1952 of his house H1004 for love H160 , it would utterly be contemned H936 H936 .
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8. We have a little sister too young to have breasts. What will we do for our sister if someone asks to marry her?
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8. We have a little H6996 sister H269 , and she hath no H369 breasts H7699 : what H4100 shall we do H6213 for our sister H269 in the day H3117 when she shall be spoken for H7945 H1696 ?
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9. If she is a virgin, like a wall, we will protect her with a silver tower. But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door, we will block her door with a cedar bar. Young Woman
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9. If H518 she H1931 be a wall H2346 , we will build H1129 upon H5921 her a palace H2918 of silver H3701 : and if H518 she H1931 be a door H1817 , we will enclose H6696 H5921 her with boards H3871 of cedar H730 .
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10. I was a virgin, like a wall; now my breasts are like towers. When my lover looks at me, he is delighted with what he sees.
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10. I H589 am a wall H2346 , and my breasts H7699 like towers H4026 : then H227 was H1961 I in his eyes H5869 as one that found H4672 favor H7965 .
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11. Solomon has a vineyard at Baal-hamon, which he leases out to tenant farmers. Each of them pays a thousand pieces of silver for harvesting its fruit.
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11. Solomon H8010 had H1961 a vineyard H3754 at Baal H1174 -hamon ; he let out H5414 H853 the vineyard H3754 unto keepers H5201 ; every one H376 for the fruit H6529 thereof was to bring H935 a thousand H505 pieces of silver H3701 .
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12. But my vineyard is mine to give, and Solomon need not pay a thousand pieces of silver. But I will give two hundred pieces to those who care for its vines. Young Man
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12. My vineyard H3754 , which is mine H7945 , is before H6440 me: thou , O Solomon H8010 , must have a thousand H505 , and those that keep H5201 H853 the fruit H6529 thereof two hundred H3967 .
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13. O my darling, lingering in the gardens, your companions are fortunate to hear your voice. Let me hear it, too! Young Woman
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13. Thou that dwellest H3427 in the gardens H1588 , the companions H2270 hearken H7181 to thy voice H6963 : cause me to hear H8085 it .
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14. Come away, my love! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
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14. Make haste H1272 , my beloved H1730 , and be thou like H1819 to a roe H6643 or H176 to a young H6082 hart H354 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 of spices H1314 .
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