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1. Where has your Beloved gone, most beautiful among women? Where has your Beloved turned? For we seek Him along with you.
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1. Whither H575 is thy beloved H1730 gone H1980 , O thou fairest H3303 among women H802 ? whither H575 is thy beloved H1730 turned aside H6437 ? that we may seek H1245 him with H5973 thee.
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2. My Beloved has gone down to His garden, to the terraces of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
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2. My beloved H1730 is gone down H3381 into his garden H1588 , to the beds H6170 of spices H1314 , to feed H7462 in the gardens H1588 , and to gather H3950 lilies H7799 .
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3. I am my Beloved's, and my Beloved is mine. He feeds among the lilies.
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3. I H589 am my beloved H1730 's , and my beloved H1730 is mine : he feedeth H7462 among the lilies H7799 .
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4. O My love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as bannered armies.
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4. Thou H859 art beautiful H3303 , O my love H7474 , as Tirzah H8656 , comely H5000 as Jerusalem H3389 , terrible H366 as an army with banners H1714 .
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5. Turn away your eyes from Me, because they have overcome Me. Your hair is like a flock of goats that lie down from Gilead.
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5. Turn away H5437 thine eyes H5869 from H4480 H5048 me , for they H7945 H1992 have overcome H7292 me : thy hair H8181 is as a flock H5739 of goats H5795 that appear H7945 H1570 from H4480 Gilead H1568 .
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6. Your teeth are like a flock of ewes which come up from the washing place, of which they all are bearing twins, and a bereaved one is not among them.
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6. Thy teeth H8127 are as a flock H5739 of sheep H7353 which go up H7945 H5927 from H4480 the washing H7367 , whereof every one H7945 H3605 beareth twins H8382 , and there is not H369 one barren H7909 among them.
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7. Your temples behind your veil are like a piece of pomegranate.
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7. As a piece H6400 of a pomegranate H7416 are thy temples H7451 within H4480 H1157 thy locks H6777 .
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8. Sixty of them are queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
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8. There H1992 are threescore H8346 queens H4436 , and fourscore H8084 concubines H6370 , and virgins H5959 without H369 number H4557 .
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9. But My dove, My perfect one is one alone. She is the only one to her mother; she is the choice of the one who bore her. The daughters saw her and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.
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9. My dove H3123 , my undefiled H8535 is but one H259 ; she H1931 is the only one H259 of her mother H517 , she H1931 is the choice H1249 one of her that bore H3205 her . The daughters H1323 saw H7200 her , and blessed H833 her; yea , the queens H4436 and the concubines H6370 , and they praised H1984 her.
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10. Who is she who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, awesome as bannered armies?
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10. Who H4310 is she H2063 that looketh forth H8259 as the morning H7837 , fair H3303 as the moon H3842 , clear H1249 as the sun H2535 , and terrible H366 as an army with banners H1713 ?
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11. I went down to the garden of nut trees, to see the greenery of the ravine, to see whether the vine flowered and the pomegranates budded.
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11. I went down H3381 into H413 the garden H1594 of nuts H93 to see H7200 the fruits H3 of the valley H5158 , and to see H7200 whether the vine H1612 flourished H6524 , and the pomegranates H7416 budded H5132 .
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12. I did not know, but My soul set Me on the chariots of My princely people.
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12. Or ever H3808 I was aware H3045 , my soul H5315 made H7760 me like the chariots H4818 of Ammi H5971 H5081 -nadib.
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13. Return, return, O Shulamite! Return, return, that we may gaze upon you. What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the dance of two army camps.
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13. Return H7725 , return H7725 , O Shulamite H7759 ; return H7725 , return H7725 , that we may look H2372 upon thee. What H4100 will ye see H2372 in the Shulamite H7759 ? As it were the company H4246 of two armies H4264 .
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