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The Power and Preciousness of Love
1 “Oh H4310 H5414 that H4310 H5414 you were like a brother H251 to me
Who nursed H3243 at my mother’s H517 breasts H7699.
If I found H4672 you outside H2351, I would kiss H5401 you;
No H3808 one would despise H936 me, either H1571.
2 “I would lead H5090 you and bring H935 you
Into the house H1004 of my mother H517, who used to teach H3925 me;
I would give H8248 you spiced H7544 wine H3196 to H8248 drink H8248 from the sweet H6071 wine H6071 of my pomegranates H7416.
3 “Let his left H8040 hand H8040 be under H8478 my head H7218
And his right H3225 hand H3225 embrace H2263 me.”
4 “[fn]I call you to solemnly swear H7650, O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389,
[fn]Why should you arouse H5782 or awaken H5782 my love H160
Until H5704 [fn]she pleases H2654?”
5 “[fn]Who H4310 is this H2088 coming H5927 up H5927 from the wilderness H4057
Leaning H7514 on her beloved H1730?”
“[fn]Beneath H8478 the [fn]apple H8598 tree H8598 I awakened H5782 you;
There H8033 your mother H517 was in H2254 labor H2254 with you;
There H8033 she was in H2254 labor H2254 and gave H3205 you birth H3205.
6 “Put H7760 me like a [fn]seal H2368 over H5921 your heart H3820,
Like a seal H2368 on your arm H2220.
For love H160 is as strong H5794 as death H4194,
[fn]Jealousy H7068 is as severe H7186 as Sheol H7585;
Its flashes H7565 are flashes H7565 of fire H784,
[fn]The very flame H7957 of [fn]Yah H3050.
7 “Many H7227 waters H4325 cannot H3201 H3808 quench H3518 love H160,
Nor H3808 will rivers H5104 overflow H7857 it;
If H518 a man H376 were to give H5414 all H3605 the riches H1952 of his house H1004 for love H160,
It would be utterly H936 despised H936.”
8 “[fn]We have a little H6996 sister H269,
And she has H369 no H369 breasts H7699;
What H4100 shall we do H6213 for our sister H269
On the day H3117 when H7945 she is spoken H1696 for?
9 “If H518 she is a wall H2346,
We will build H1129 on her a battlement H2918 of silver H3701;
But if H518 she is a door H1817,
We will barricade H6696 her with planks H3871 of cedar H730.”
10 “[fn]I was a wall H2346, and my breasts H7699 were like towers H4026;
Then H227 I became H1961 in his eyes H5869 as one who finds H4672 peace H7965.
11 “Solomon H8010 had H1961 a vineyard H3754 at Baal-hamon H1174;
He gave H5414 the vineyard H3754 to caretakers H5201.
Each H376 one H376 was to bring H935 [fn]one thousand H505 shekels of silver H3701 for its fruit H6529.
12 “My very H7945 own vineyard H3754 is before H6440 me;
The thousand H505 shekels are for you, Solomon H8010,
And two hundred H3967 are for those who take H5201 care H5201 of its fruit H6529.”
13 “[fn]O you who sit H3427 in the gardens H1588,
My companions H2270 are giving H7181 heed H7181 to your voice H6963—
Let me hear H8085 it!”
14 “[fn],[fn]Hurry H1272, my beloved H1730,
And be like H1819 a gazelle H6643 or H176 a young H6082 [fn]stag H354
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