1Mysonבְּ֭נִיBe.niH1121,keepשְׁמֹ֣רshe.MorH8104mywordsאֲמָרָ֑י'a.ma.RaiH561, and layupתִּצְפֹּ֥ןtitz.PonH6845mycommandmentsוּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗יu.mitz.vo.TaiH4687with thee.
2Keepשְׁמֹ֣רshe.MorH8104mycommandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֣יmitz.vo.TaiH4687, andliveוֶחְיֵ֑הvech.YehH2421; and mylawוְ֝תוֹרָתִ֗יve.to.ra.TiH8451as theappleכְּאִישׁ֥וֹןke.'i.ShonH380of thyeyeעֵינֶֽיךָ׃'ei.Nei.khaH5869.
3Bindקָשְׁרֵ֥םka.she.RemH7194them upon thyfingersאֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ'etz.be.'o.Tei.khaH676,writeכָּ֝תְבֵ֗םka.te.VemH3789them upon thetableל֥וּחַLu.achH3871of thyheartלִבֶּֽךָ׃li.Be.khaH3820.
4Sayאֱמֹ֣ר'e.MorH559towisdomלַֽ֭חָכְמָהLa.cha.khe.mahH2451, Thou art mysisterאֲחֹ֣תִי'a.Cho.tiH269; andcallתִקְרָֽא׃tik.Ra'H7121understandingלַבִּינָ֥הla.bi.NahH998thykinswomanוּ֝מֹדָ֗עu.mo.Da'H4129:
5That they maykeepלִ֭שְׁמָרְךָLish.ma.re.khaH8104thee from theadulteressמֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑הme.'i.Shah za.RahH2114H802, from thestrangerמִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗הmi.na.khe.ri.YahH5237whichflatterethהֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃he.che.Li.kahH2505with herwordsאֲמָרֶ֥יהָ'a.ma.Rei.haH561.
6For at thewindowבְּחַלּ֣וֹןbe.cha.LonH2474of myhouseבֵּיתִ֑יbei.TiH1004Ilookedנִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃nish.Ka.fe.tiH8259through mycasementאֶשְׁנַבִּ֣י'esh.na.BiH822,
7Andbeheldוָאֵ֤רֶאva.'E.re'H7200among the simpleonesבַפְּתָאיִ֗םva.pe.ta.YimH6612, Idiscernedאָ֘בִ֤ינָה'a.Vi.nahH995among theyouthsבַבָּנִ֗יםva.ba.NimH1121, a youngmanנַ֣עַרNa.'arH5288voidחֲסַר־cha.sar-H2638ofunderstandingלֵֽב׃LevH3820,
8Passingthroughעֹבֵ֣ר'o.VerH5674thestreetבַּ֭שּׁוּקBa.shukH7784nearאֵ֣צֶל'E.tzelH681hercornerH6434; and hewentיִצְעָֽד׃yitz.'AdH6805thewayוְדֶ֖רֶךְve.De.rekhH1870to herhouseבֵּיתָ֣הּbei.TahH1004,
9In thetwilightבְּנֶֽשֶׁף־be.ne.shef-H5399, in theeveningבְּעֶ֥רֶב י֑וֹםbe.'E.rev YomH3117H6153, in theblackבְּאִישׁ֥וֹןbe.'i.ShonH380anddarkוַאֲפֵלָֽה׃va.'a.fe.LahH653nightלַ֝֗יְלָהLay.lahH3915:
11(She isloudהֹמִיָּ֣הho.mi.YahH1993andstubbornוְסֹרָ֑רֶתve.so.Ra.retH5637; herfeetרַגְלֶֽיהָ׃rag.Lei.haH7272abideיִשְׁכְּנ֥וּyish.ke.NuH7931not in herhouseבְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּbe.vei.TahH1004:
12Nowפַּ֤עַם׀Pa.'amH6471is sheoutsideבַּח֗וּץba.ChutzH2351,nowפַּ֥עַםPa.'amH6471in thestreetsבָּרְחֹב֑וֹתba.re.cho.VotH7339, and lieth inwaitתֶאֱרֹֽב׃te.'e.RoH693atוְאֵ֖צֶלve.'E.tzelH681everycornerפִּנָּ֣הpi.NahH6438.)
13So shecaughtוְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָהve.he.che.Zi.kahH2388him, andkissedוְנָ֣שְׁקָה־ve.Na.she.kah-H5401him, and with animpudentהֵעֵ֥זָהhe.'E.zahH5810faceפָ֝נֶ֗יהָfa.Nei.haH6440saidוַתֹּ֣אמַרva.To.marH559to him,
15Therefore I cameforthיָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiH3318tomeetH7125thee, diligently toseekלְשַׁחֵ֥רle.sha.CherH7836thyfaceפָּ֝נֶ֗יךָpa.Nei.khaH6440, and I havefoundוָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃va.'em.tza.'E.kaH4672thee.
16I havedeckedרָבַ֣דְתִּיra.Vad.tiH7234mybedעַרְשִׂ֑י'ar.SiH6210withcoveringsמַ֭רְבַדִּיםMar.va.dimH4765of tapestry, withcarvedחֲ֝טֻב֗וֹתcha.tu.VotH2405works, with finelinenאֵט֥וּן'e.TunH330ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.
18ComeH3212, let us take ourfillנִרְוֶ֣הnir.VehH7301ofloveדֹ֭דִיםDo.dimH1730until themorningהַבֹּ֑קֶרha.Bo.kerH1242: let ussolaceנִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗הnit.'a.le.SahH5965ourselves withlovesבָּאֳהָבִֽים׃bo.'o.ha.VimH159.
19For myhusbandהָאִ֣ישׁha.'IshH376is not athomeבְּבֵית֑וֹbe.vei.ToH1004, he isgoneהָ֝לַ֗ךְha.LakhH1980alongמֵרָחֽוֹק׃me.ra.ChokH7350journeyבְּדֶ֣רֶךְbe.De.rekhH1870:
20He hathtakenלָקַ֣חla.KachH3947abagצְֽרוֹר־tze.ror-H6872ofmoneyהַ֭כֶּסֶףHa.ke.sefH3701withhimבְּיָד֑וֹbe.ya.DoH3027, and willcomeיָבֹ֥אya.Vo'H935homeבֵיתֽוֹ׃vei.ToH1004at thedayלְי֥וֹםle.YomH3117appointedהַ֝כֵּ֗סֶאha.Ke.se'H3677.
21With hermuchבְּרֹ֣בbe.RoH7230fairspeechלִקְחָ֑הּlik.ChahH3948she caused him toyieldהִ֭טַּתּוּHi.ta.tuH5186, with theflatteringבְּחֵ֥לֶקbe.Che.lekH2506of herlipsשְׂ֝פָתֶ֗יהָSe.fa.Tei.haH8193sheseducedתַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃ta.di.Che.nuH5080him.
22Hegoethה֤וֹלֵ֥ךְho.LekhH1980afterאַחֲרֶ֗יהָ'a.cha.Rei.haH310herquicklyפִּ֫תְאֹ֥םpit.'OmH6597, as anoxכְּ֭שׁוֹרKe.shorH7794goethיָב֑וֹאya.Vo'H935to theslaughterטָ֣בַחTa.vachH2874, or as afoolאֱוִֽיל׃'e.VilH191to thecorrectionמוּסַ֥רmu.SarH4148of thestocksוּ֝כְעֶ֗כֶסu.khe.'E.khesH5914;
23Till anarrowחֵ֡ץchetzH2671strikethיְפַלַּ֪חye.fa.LachH6398through hisliverכְּֽבֵד֗וֹke.ve.DoH3516; as abirdצִפּ֣וֹרtzi.PorH6833hastethכְּמַהֵ֣רke.ma.HerH4116to thesnareפָּ֑חPachH6341, andknowethיָ֝דַ֗עya.Da'H3045not that it is for hislifeבְנַפְשׁ֥וֹve.naf.ShoH5315.
24Now thereforehearkenשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085to me, O yechildrenבָ֭נִיםVa.nimH1121, andattendוְ֝הַקְשִׁ֗יבוּve.hak.Shi.vuH7181to thewordsלְאִמְרֵי־le.'im.rei-H561of mymouthפִֽי׃FiH6310.
25Let not thyheartלִבֶּ֑ךָli.Be.khaH3820declineיֵ֣שְׂטְYe.setH7847to herwaysדְּרָכֶ֣יהָde.ra.Khei.haH1870, go notastrayתֵּ֝תַעTe.ta'H8582in herpathsבִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃bin.ti.vo.Tei.haH5410.
26For she hath castdownהִפִּ֑ילָהhi.Pi.lahH5307manyרַבִּ֣יםra.BimH7227woundedחֲלָלִ֣יםcha.la.LimH2491: yea, manystrongוַ֝עֲצֻמִ֗יםva.'a.tzu.MimH6099men have beenslainהֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃ha.ru.Gei.haH2026by her.
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