2Keepשְׁמֹ֣רshe.MorH8104mycommandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687andliveוֶחְיֵ֑הvech.YehH2421; and mylawוְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗יve.to.ra.TiH8451as theappleכְּאִישׁ֥וֹןke.'i.ShonH380of thineeyeעֵינֶֽיךָ׃'ei.Nei.khaH5869.
3Bindקָשְׁרֵ֥םka.she.RemH7194themuponעַל־'al-H5921thyfingersאֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ'etz.be.'o.Tei.khaH676;writeכָּ֝תְבֵ֗םka.te.VemH3789themuponעַל־'al-H5921the table of thineheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820.
4Sayאֱמֹ֣ר'e.MorH559untowisdomלַֽ֭חָכְמָהLa.cha.khe.mahH2451, Thou art mysisterאֲחֹ֣תִי'a.Cho.tiH269; andcallתִקְרָֽא׃tik.Ra'H7121understandingלַבִּינָ֥הla.bi.NahH998thy kinswoman:
5That they maykeepלִ֭שְׁמָרְךָLish.ma.re.khaH8104thee from thestrangeזָרָ֑הza.RahH2114womanמֵאִשָּׁ֣הme.'i.ShahH802, from thestrangerמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הmi.na.khe.ri.YahH5237whichH802flattereth withherH802wordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָ'a.ma.Rei.haH561.
6For at thewindowבְּחַלּ֣וֹןbe.cha.LonH2474of myhouseבֵּיתִ֑יbei.TiH1004Ilookedנִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃nish.Ka.fe.tiH8259forththroughבְּעַ֖דbe.'AdH1157mylatticeאֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י'esh.na.BiH822;
7And I beheld among the simpleonesבַבָּנִ֗יםva.ba.NimH1121, IdiscernedH995among theyouthsנַ֣עַרNa.'arH5288, ayoungH5288manH5288void ofunderstandingH995,
9In thetwilightH6153, in theeveningבְּעֶ֥רֶבbe.'E.revH6153of thedayי֑וֹםYomH3117, in the blackness ofnightלַ֝֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915and thedarknessוַאֲפֵלָֽה׃va.'a.fe.LahH653.
10And,beholdוְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.NehH2009, theremetH7125him awomanאִ֭שָּׁה'I.shahH802with the attire of anharlotז֝וֹנָ֗הzo.NahH2181, and wily ofheartלֵֽב׃LevH3820.
11SheH1931is clamorous, and wilful;herH1931feetרַגְלֶֽיהָ׃rag.Lei.haH7272abideיִשְׁכְּנ֥וּyish.ke.NuH7931notלֹא־lo'-H3808inherH1931houseבְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּbe.vei.TahH1004:
12Nowפַּ֤עַם׀Pa.'amH6471she is in thestreetsבַּח֗וּץba.ChutzH2351,nowפַּ֥עַםPa.'amH6471in the broadplacesH3605, and lieth inwaitתֶאֱרֹֽב׃te.'e.RoH693ateveryH3605cornerפִּנָּ֣הpi.NahH6438.
13SoH6440sheH6440caughtוְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָהve.he.che.Zi.kahH2388him, andkissedוְנָ֣שְׁקָה־ve.Na.she.kah-H5401him, and with an impudentfaceפָ֝נֶ֗יהָfa.Nei.haH6440sheH6440saidוַתֹּ֣אמַרva.To.marH559unto him:
14Sacrificesזִבְחֵ֣יziv.CheiH2077ofpeaceשְׁלָמִ֣יםshe.la.MimH8002offeringsH8002are withmeעָלָ֑י'a.LaiH5921; thisdayהַ֝יּ֗וֹםhai.YomH3117have I paid myvowsנְדָרָֽי׃ne.da.RaiH5088.
15Thereforecameיָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiH3318IforthH3318tomeetH6440thee,diligentlyH7836toseekלְשַׁחֵ֥רle.sha.CherH7836thyfaceפָּ֝נֶ֗יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440, and I havefoundוָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃va.'em.tza.'E.kaH4672thee.
16I havespreadרָבַ֣דְתִּיra.Vad.tiH7234mycouchעַרְשִׂ֑י'ar.SiH6210with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.
17I have perfumed mybedמִשְׁכָּבִ֑יmish.ka.ViH4904withmyrrhמֹ֥רmorH4753,aloesאֲ֝הָלִ֗ים'a.ha.LimH174, andcinnamonוְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃ve.ki.na.MonH7076.
18Come, let us take ourfillנִרְוֶ֣הnir.VehH7301ofloveדֹ֭דִיםDo.dimH1730untilעַד־'ad-H5704themorningהַבֹּ֑קֶרha.Bo.kerH1242; let us solace ourselves with loves.
19For the goodman isnotאֵ֣ין'einH369athomeבְּבֵית֑וֹbe.vei.ToH1004, he isgoneהָ֝לַ֗ךְha.LakhH1980alongמֵרָחֽוֹק׃me.ra.ChokH7350journeyבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870:
20He hathtakenלָקַ֣חla.KachH3947abagצְֽרוֹר־tze.ror-H6872ofmoneyהַ֭כֶּסֶףHa.ke.sefH3701with him; he willcomeיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935homeבֵיתֽוֹ׃vei.ToH1004at thefullלְי֥וֹםle.YomH3117moonהַ֝כֵּ֗סֶאha.Ke.se'H3677.
21WithherH5186muchבְּרֹ֣בbe.RoH7230fairspeechH8193sheH3948causeth him to yield, with the flattering ofherH5186lipsשְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָSe.fa.Tei.haH8193sheH3948forceth himawayH5186.
22He goethafterאַחֲרֶ֗יהָ'a.cha.Rei.haH310herH413straightway, as anoxכְּ֭שׁוֹרKe.shorH7794goeth to theslaughterטָ֣בַחTa.vachH2874, or asfettersוּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶסu.khe.'E.khesH5914to thecorrectionמוּסַ֥רmu.SarH4148of thefoolאֱוִֽיל׃'e.VilH191;
23Tillעַ֤ד'adH5704anarrowחֵ֡ץchetzH2671strikethroughאֶל־'el-H413hisliverכְּֽבֵד֗וֹke.ve.DoH3516; as abirdצִפּ֣וֹרtzi.PorH6833hasteth to thesnareפָּ֑חPachH6341, and knowethnotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808that it is for hislifeבְנַפְשׁ֥וֹve.naf.ShoH5315.
24Nowוְעַתָּ֣הve.'a.TahH6258therefore, mysonsH1121, hearken untomeH1121, and attend to thewordsלְאִמְרֵי־le.'im.rei-H561of mymouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.
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