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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