New American Standard Bible 1995

Song of Songs 1:4-7

4Drawמָשְׁכֵ֖נִיma.she.Khe.niH4900me afterאַחֲרֶ֣יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310you andlet us runנָּר֑וּצָהna.Ru.tzahH7323together! Thekingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428has broughtהֱבִיאַ֨נִיhe.vi.'A.niH935me into his chambersחֲדָרָ֗יוcha.da.RavH2315.” “We will rejoiceנָגִ֤ילָהna.Gi.lahH1523in you and be gladוְנִשְׂמְחָה֙ve.nis.me.ChahH8055; We willextolנַזְכִּ֤ירָהnaz.Ki.rahH2142yourloveדֹדֶ֙יךָ֙do.Dei.khaH1730moreH4480thanH4480wineמִיַּ֔יִןmi.Ya.yinH3196.Rightlyמֵישָׁרִ֖יםmei.sha.RimH4339do they loveאֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ ס'a.he.Vu.khaH157you.”

5“I am blackשְׁחוֹרָ֤הshe.cho.RahH7838butlovelyוְֽנָאוָ֔הve.na.VahH5000, Odaughtersבְּנ֖וֹתbe.NotH1323of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389, Like thetentsכְּאָהֳלֵ֣יke.'o.ho.LeiH168ofKedarקֵדָ֔רke.DarH6938,Like the curtainsכִּירִיע֖וֹתki.ri.'otH3407of Solomonשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃she.lo.MohH8010.

6Do not stareתִּרְא֙וּנִי֙tir.'U.niH7200at me because I amswarthyשְׁחַרְחֹ֔רֶתshe.char.Cho.retH7840,For the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121has burnedשֶׁשֱּׁזָפַ֖תְנִיshe.she.za.Fat.niH7805me. Mymother’sאִמִּ֣י'i.MiH517sonsבְּנֵ֧יbe.NeiH1121were angryנִֽחֲרוּ־ni.cha.ru-H2734with me;They madeשָׂמֻ֙נִי֙sa.Mu.niH7760mecaretakerH5201of the vineyardsהַכְּרָמִ֔יםha.ke.ra.MimH3754, ButI have not takenH5201careH5201of my own vineyardכַּרְמִ֥יkar.MiH3754.

7Tellהַגִּ֣ידָהha.Gi.dahH5046me, O youwhomH7945my soulנַפְשִׁ֔יnaf.ShiH5315lovesשֶׁ֤אָהֲבָה֙she.'a.ha.vahH157,WhereH351do youpastureתִרְעֶ֔הtir.'EhH7462your flock,WhereH351do you make itlieתַּרְבִּ֣יץtar.BitzH7257downH7257at noonבַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםba.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672?For whyשַׁלָּמָ֤הsha.la.MahH4100should I be like one whoveilsכְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔הke.'O.te.YahH5844herselfBesideעַ֖ל'alH5921the flocksעֶדְרֵ֥י'ed.ReiH5739of yourcompanionsחֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃cha.ve.Rei.khaH2270?”

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