Revised Literal Translation

Song of Songs 3:1-4

1By nightבַּלֵּיל֔וֹתba.lei.LotH3915on my bedמִשְׁכָּבִי֙mish.ka.ViH4904I soughtבִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּיbi.Kash.tiH1245him whom my soulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315lovethשֶׁאָהֲבָ֖הshe.'a.ha.VahH157:I soughtבִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יוbi.kash.TivH1245him, but I foundמְצָאתִֽיו׃me.tza.TivH4672him not.

2I will riseאָק֨וּמָה'a.Ku.mahH6965now, and go aboutוַאֲסוֹבְבָ֣הva.'a.so.VahH5437the cityבָעִ֗ירva.'IrH5892in the streetsבַּשְּׁוָקִים֙ba.she.va.KimH7784,and in the broad waysוּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹתu.Va.re.cho.VotH7339I will seekאֲבַקְשָׁ֕ה'a.vak.ShahH1245him whom my soulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315lovethשֶׁאָהֲבָ֖הshe.'a.ha.VahH157:I soughtבִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יוbi.kash.TivH1245him, but I foundמְצָאתִֽיו׃me.tza.TivH4672him not.

3The watchmenהַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔יםha.Sho.me.RimH8104that go aboutהַסֹּבְבִ֖יםha.soe.VimH5437the cityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892foundמְצָא֙וּנִי֙me.tza.'U.niH4672me: to whom I said,Sawרְאִיתֶֽם׃re.'i.TemH7200ye him whom my soulנַפְשִׁ֖יnaf.ShiH5315lovethשֶׁאָהֲבָ֥הshe.'a.ha.VahH157?

4It wasbut a littleכִּמְעַט֙kim.'AtH4592that I passedשֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּיshe.'a.Var.tiH5674from them, but I foundשֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִיshe.ma.Tza.tiH4672him whom my soulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315lovethשֶׁאָהֲבָ֖הshe.'a.ha.VahH157:I heldאֲחַזְתִּיו֙'a.chaz.TivH270him, and would not let him goאַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ'ar.Pe.nuH7503,until I had broughtשֶׁ֤הֲבֵיאתִיו֙she.ha.vei.tivH935him into my mother’sאִמִּ֔י'i.MiH517houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004,and into the chamberחֶ֖דֶרChe.derH2315of her that conceivedהוֹרָתִֽי׃ho.ra.TiH2029me.

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