1
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
'$]a'c.m,a yiMia yed.v qenw{y yil x'a.K '$.n,TIy yim ? yil .Wz.Wb'y -a{l ~;G '$.q'V,a #.Wx;b
2
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother'shouse, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spicedwine of the juice of my pomegranate.
5
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness,leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
6
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death;jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
7
Manywaterscannotquenchlove, neither can the floodsdrown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
11
Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.