Song of Solomon 8 - Interlinear Bible

The Lovers Speak

1 "Oh * that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.

'$]a'c.m,a yiMia yed.v qenw{y yil x'a.K '$.n,TIy yim ? yil .Wz.Wb'y -a{l ~;G '$.q'V,a #.Wx;b

2 "I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates.

yined.M;l.T yiMia tyeB -l,a '$]ayib]a '$]g'h.n,a ? yin{Mir syis][em x;q,r'h !Iy;Yim '$.q.v;a

3 "Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me."

yineq.B;x.T w{nyimyiw yiva{r t;x;T w{la{m.f

4 " I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases."

.Wryi['T -h;m ~i'l'v.Wr.y tw{n.B ~,k.t,a yiT.[;B.vih ? #'P.x,T,v d;[ h'b]h;a'h -t,a .Wr.r{[.T -h;m.W

5 " Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved ?" " Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor with you, There she was in labor and gave you birth.

H'dw{D -l;[ t,q,P;r.tim r'B.diM;h -nim h'l{[ ta{z yim ? '$,Mia '$.t;l.Bix h'M'v '$yiT.r;rw{[ ;x.WP;T;h t;x;T ? '$.t;d'l.y h'l.Bix h'M'v

6 "Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol ; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD.

'$,[w{r.z -l;[ ~'tw{x;K '$,Bil -l;[ ~'tw{x;k yinemyif ? h'a.niq lw{a.vik h'v'q h'b]h;a t,w'M;k h'Z;[ -yiK ? h'y.t,b,h.l;v vea yeP.vir 'hy,p'v.r

7 "Many waters cannot * quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised."

h'b]h;a'h -t,a tw{B;k.l .Wl.k.Wy a{l ~yiB;r ~Iy;m ? -l'K -t,a vyia !eTIy -mia 'h.Wp.j.vIy a{l tw{r'h.n.W ? w{l .Wz.Wb'y zw{B h'b]h;a'B w{tyeB !w{h

8 " We have a little sister, And she has no breasts ; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?

h,f][;N -h;m H'l !yea ~Iy;d'v.w h'N;j.q .Wn'l tw{x'a ? H'B -r;BUd.Y,v ~w{Y;B .Wnet{x]a;l

9 "If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver ; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar."

@,s'K t;ryij 'hy,l'[ h,n.bin ayih h'mw{x -mia ? z,r'a ;x.Wl 'hy,l'[ r.Wc'n ayih t,l,D -mia.w

10 " I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers ; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace.

yityIy'h z'a tw{l'D.giM;K y;d'v.w h'mw{x yin]a ? ~w{l'v tea.cw{m.K wy'nye[.b

11 "Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon ; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

~,r,K;h -t,a !;t'n !w{m'h l;[;b.B h{m{l.vil h'y'h ~,r,K ? @,s'K @,l,a w{y.rip.B aib'y vyia ~yir.j{N;l

12 "My very own vineyard is at my disposal ; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit."

~Iy;ta'm.W h{m{l.v '$.l @,l,a'h y'n'p.l yiL,v yim.r;K ? w{y.riP -t,a ~yir.j{n.l

13 " O you who sit in the gardens, My companions are listening for your voice - Let me hear it!"

.$elw{q.l ~yibyiv.q;m ~yireb]x ~yiN;G;B t,b,vw{Y;h ? yinyi[yim.v;h

14 " Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices."

r,p{[.l w{a yib.cil '$.l -hem.d.W yidw{D x;r.B ? ~yim'f.b yer'h l;[ ~yil'Y;a'h

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