Berean Standard Bible

Song of Songs 3:1-4

1Onעַל־'al-H5921my bedמִשְׁכָּבִי֙mish.ka.ViH4904at nightבַּלֵּיל֔וֹתba.lei.LotH3915I soughtבִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּיbi.Kash.tiH1245the oneאֵ֥ת'etH853Iנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315loveשֶׁאָהֲבָ֖הshe.'a.ha.VahH157;I sought himבִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יוbi.kash.TivH1245,but did notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808find himמְצָאתִֽיו׃me.tza.TivH4672.

2I will ariseאָק֨וּמָה'a.Ku.mahH6965nowנָּ֜אna'H4994and go aboutוַאֲסוֹבְבָ֣הva.'a.so.VahH5437the cityבָעִ֗ירva.'IrH5892,through the streetsבַּשְּׁוָקִים֙ba.she.va.KimH7784and squaresוּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹתu.Va.re.cho.VotH7339.I will seekאֲבַקְשָׁ֕ה'a.vak.ShahH1245the oneאֵ֥ת'etH853Iנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315loveשֶׁאָהֲבָ֖הshe.'a.ha.VahH157.So I sought himבִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יוbi.kash.TivH1245but did notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808find himמְצָאתִֽיו׃me.tza.TivH4672.

3I encounteredמְצָא֙וּנִי֙me.tza.'U.niH4672the watchmenהַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔יםha.Sho.me.RimH8104אֵ֛ת'etH853on their roundsהַסֹּבְבִ֖יםha.soe.VimH5437of the cityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892: “Have you seenרְאִיתֶֽם׃re.'i.TemH7200the oneIנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315loveשֶׁאָהֲבָ֥הshe.'a.ha.VahH157?”

4I had justכִּמְעַט֙kim.'AtH4592passedשֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּיshe.'a.Var.tiH5674themwhenעַ֣ד'adH5704I foundשֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִיshe.ma.Tza.tiH4672the oneאֵ֥ת'etH853Iנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315loveשֶׁאָהֲבָ֖הshe.'a.ha.VahH157.I held himאֲחַזְתִּיו֙'a.chaz.TivH270and would notוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808let goאַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ'ar.Pe.nuH7503untilעַד־'ad-H5704I had brought himשֶׁ֤הֲבֵיאתִיו֙she.ha.vei.tivH935toאֶל־'el-H413my mother’sאִמִּ֔י'i.MiH517houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004,toוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413the chamberחֶ֖דֶרChe.derH2315of the one who conceived meהוֹרָתִֽי׃ho.ra.TiH2029.

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