Revised Version 1895

Song of Songs 3:1-4

1Bynightבַּלֵּיל֔וֹתba.lei.LotH3915on mybedמִשְׁכָּבִי֙mish.ka.ViH4904Isoughtבִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּיbi.Kash.tiH1245him whom mysoulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315loveth: Isoughtבִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יוbi.kash.TivH1245him, but Ifoundמְצָאתִֽיו׃me.tza.TivH4672himnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

2I said, I willriseאָק֨וּמָה'a.Ku.mahH6965nowנָּ֜אna'H4994, andgoוַאֲסוֹבְבָ֣הva.'a.so.VahH5437aboutH5437thecityבָעִ֗ירva.'IrH5892, in thestreetsוּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹתu.Va.re.cho.VotH7339and in the broad ways, I willseekאֲבַקְשָׁ֕ה'a.vak.ShahH1245him whom mysoulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315loveth: Isoughtבִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יוbi.kash.TivH1245him, but Ifoundמְצָאתִֽיו׃me.tza.TivH4672himnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

3Thewatchmenהַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔יםha.Sho.me.RimH8104thatgoהַסֹּבְבִ֖יםha.soe.VimH5437aboutH5437thecityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892foundמְצָא֙וּנִי֙me.tza.'U.niH4672meH5315: to whom I said,Sawרְאִיתֶֽם׃re.'i.TemH7200ye him whom mysoulH5315loveth?

4It was but alittleכִּמְעַט֙kim.'AtH4592that Ipassedשֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּיshe.'a.Var.tiH5674from them, when Ifoundשֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִיshe.ma.Tza.tiH4672him whom mysoulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315loveth: Iheldאֲחַזְתִּיו֙'a.chaz.TivH270him, and wouldnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808letאַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ'ar.Pe.nuH7503himgoH935,untilH5704I hadbroughtH935himintoH413mymother’sאִמִּ֔י'i.MiH517houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004, andintoH413thechamberחֶ֖דֶרChe.derH2315ofherH413thatconceivedהוֹרָתִֽי׃ho.ra.TiH2029meH413.

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