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,book #bb ,song of ,solomon  #jja3jja   
,the ,song of songs1 which is           
,solomon's4 ,beloved  #jja3jjb ,let him 
kiss me with the kisses of his mouth2   
for your love          is better than   
wine4  #jja3jjc ,your oils have a       
pleasing fragrance4  ,your name is oil  
poured forth1          therefore the    
virgins love you4  #jja3jjd ,take me    
away with you4  ,let us hurry4  ,the    
king has brought me          into his   
chambers4  ,friends ,we will be glad and
 rejoice in you4          ,we will      
praise your love more than wine6        
,beloved ,they are          right to    
love you4  #jja3jje ,i am dark1 but     
lovely1 you daughters of ,jerusalem1    
like ,kedar's tents1 like ,solomon's    
curtains4  #jja3jjf ,don't stare at me  
because ,i am dark1 because the sun has 
scorched me4          ,my mother's sons 
were angry with me4  ,they made me      
keeper          of the vineyards4  ,i   

haven't kept my own vineyard4  #jja3jjg 
,tell me1 you whom my soul loves1 where 
you graze your flock1          where you
 rest them at noon2 ,for why should ,i  
be as one who is          veiled beside 
the flocks of your companions8  ,lover  
#jja3jjh ,if you don't know1 most       
beautiful among women1 follow the tracks
          of the sheep4  ,graze your    
young goats beside the shepherds' tents4
  #jja3jji ,i have compared you1 my     
love1 to a steed in ,pharaoh's chariots4
  #jja3jaj ,your cheeks are beautiful   
with earrings1 your neck with           
strings of jewels4  #jja3jaa ,we will   
make you earrings of gold1 with studs of
 silver4          ,beloved  #jja3jab    
,while the king sat at his table1 my    
perfume spread its fragrance4  #jja3jac 
,my beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh1 
that lies between my breasts4  #jja3jad 
,my beloved is to me a cluster of henna 
blossoms from the vineyards          of 
,en ,gedi4  ,lover  #jja3jae ,behold1   
you are beautiful1 my love4  ,behold1   

you are beautiful4          ,your eyes  
are doves4  ,beloved  #jja3jaf ,behold1 
you are beautiful1 my beloved1 yes1     
pleasant2 and our          couch is     
verdant4  ,lover  #jja3jag ,the beams of
 our house are cedars4  ,our rafters are
 firs4          ,beloved  #jjb3jja ,i am
 a rose of ,sharon1 a lily of the       
valleys4  ,lover  #jjb3jjb ,as a lily   
among thorns1 so is my love among the   
daughters4          ,beloved  #jjb3jjc  
,as the apple tree among the trees of   
the wood1 so is my beloved              
among the sons4  ,i sat down under his  
shadow with great delight1          his 
fruit was sweet to my taste4  #jjb3jjd  
,he brought me to the banquet hall4     
,his banner over me is love4  #jjb3jje  
,strengthen me with raisins1 refresh me 
with apples2 ,for ,i am          faint  
with love4  #jjb3jjf ,his left hand is  
under my head4  ,his right hand embraces
 me4  #jjb3jjg ,i adjure you1 daughters 
of ,jerusalem1 by the roes1 or by       
the hinds of the field1 that you not    

stir up1 nor awaken love1          until
 it so desires4  #jjb3jjh ,the voice of 
my beloved6  ,behold1 he comes1 leaping 
on the mountains1          skipping on  
the hills4  #jjb3jji ,my beloved is like
 a roe or a young hart4  ,behold1 he    
stands          behind our wall6  ,he   
looks in at the windows4  ,he glances   
through the lattice4  #jjb3jaj ,my      
beloved spoke1 and said to me1 ,rise up1
 my love1          my beautiful one1 and
 come away4  #jjb3jaa ,for1 behold1 the 
winter is past4  ,the rain is over and  
gone4  #jjb3jab ,the flowers appear on  
the earth4  ,the time of the singing has
 come1          and the voice of the    
turtledove is heard in our land4        
#jjb3jac ,the fig tree ripens her green 
figs4  ,the vines are in blossom4       
,they give forth their fragrance4       
,arise1 my love1 my beautiful one1      
and come away4  ,lover  #jjb3jad ,my    
dove in the clefts of the rock1 ,in the 
hiding places of          the           
mountainside1 ,let me see your face4    

,let me hear your voice2          for   
your voice is sweet1 and your face is   
lovely4  #jjb3jae ,catch for us the     
foxes1 the little foxes that spoil the  
vineyards2          for our vineyards   
are in blossom4  ,beloved  #jjb3jaf ,my 
beloved is mine1 and ,i am his4  ,he    
browses among the lilies4  #jjb3jag     
,until the day is cool1 and the shadows 
flee away1 turn1 my beloved1            
and be like a roe or a young hart on the
 mountains of ,bether4  #jjc3jja ,by    
night on my bed1 ,i sought him whom my  
soul loves4          ,i sought him1 but 
,i didn't find him4  #jjc3jjb ,i will   
get up now1 and go about the city2 in   
the streets          and in the squares 
,i will seek him whom my soul loves4    
,i sought him1 but ,i didn't find him4  
#jjc3jjc ,the watchmen who go about the 
city found me2 ,have you seen           
him whom my soul loves8  #jjc3jjd ,i had
 scarcely passed from them1 when ,i     
found him whom my soul loves4           
,i held him1 and would not let him go1  

until ,i had brought him          into  
my mother's house1 into the chamber of  
her who conceived me4  #jjc3jje ,i      
adjure you1 daughters of ,jerusalem1 by 
the roes1 or by          the hinds of   
the field1 that you not stir up1 nor    
awaken love1          until it so       
desires4  #jjc3jjf ,who is this who     
comes up from the wilderness like       
pillars          of smoke1 perfumed with
 myrrh and frankincense1 with all spices
          of the merchant8  #jjc3jjg    
,behold1 it is ,solomon's carriage6     
,sixty mighty men are around it1        
of the mighty men of ,israel4  #jjc3jjh 
,they all handle the sword1 and are     
expert in war4          ,every man has  
his sword on his thigh1 because of fear 
in the night4  #jjc3jji ,king ,solomon  
made himself a carriage of the wood of  
,lebanon4  #jjc3jaj ,he made its pillars
 of silver1 its bottom of gold1         
its seat of purple1 its midst being     
paved with love1          from the      
daughters of ,jerusalem4  #jjc3jaa ,go  

forth1 you daughters of ,zion1 and see  
king ,solomon1          with the crown  
with which his mother has crowned him1  
in the day of his weddings1 in the day  
of the gladness          of his heart4  
,lover  #jjd3jja ,behold1 you are       
beautiful1 my love4  ,behold1 you are   
beautiful4          ,your eyes are doves
 behind your veil4  ,your hair is as a  
flock          of goats1 that descend   
from ,mount ,gilead4  #jjd3jjb ,your    
teeth are like a newly shorn flock1     
which have come          up from the    
washing1 where every one of them has    
twins4          ,none is bereaved among 
them4  #jjd3jjc ,your lips are like     
scarlet thread4  ,your mouth is lovely4 
,your temples are like a piece of a     
pomegranate behind your veil4  #jjd3jjd 
,your neck is like ,david's tower built 
for an armory1 whereon a                
thousand shields hang1 all the shields  
of the mighty men4  #jjd3jje ,your two  
breasts are like two fawns that are     
twins of a roe1          which feed     

among the lilies4  #jjd3jjf ,until the  
day is cool1 and the shadows flee away1 
,i will go          to the mountain of  
myrrh1 to the hill of frankincense4     
#jjd3jjg ,you are all beautiful1 my     
love4  ,there is no spot in you4        
#jjd3jjh ,come with me from ,lebanon1 my
 bride1 with me from ,lebanon4          
,look from the top of ,amana1 from the  
top of ,senir and ,hermon1          from
 the lions' dens1 from the mountains of 
the leopards4  #jjd3jji ,you have       
ravished my heart1 my sister1 my bride4 
,you have ravished my heart with one of 
your eyes1 with one          chain of   
your neck4  #jjd3jaj ,how beautiful is  
your love1 my sister1 my bride6         
,how much better is your love than wine6
  ,the fragrance of your                
perfumes than all manner of spices6     
#jjd3jaa ,your lips1 my bride1 drip like
 the honeycomb4  ,honey and milk        
are under your tongue4  ,the smell of   
your garments is like          the smell
 of ,lebanon4  #jjd3jab ,a locked up    

garden is my sister1 my bride2 a locked 
up spring1          a sealed fountain4  
#jjd3jac ,your shoots are an orchard of 
pomegranates1 with precious fruits3     
henna with spikenard plants1  #jjd3jad  
spikenard and saffron1 calamus and      
cinnamon1 with every kind          of   
incense tree2 myrrh and aloes1 with all 
the best spices1  #jjd3jae a fountain of
 gardens1 a well of living waters1      
flowing streams          from ,lebanon4 
,beloved  #jjd3jaf ,awake1 north wind2  
and come1 you south6  ,blow on my       
garden1          that its spices may    
flow out4  ,let my beloved come into his
 garden1          and taste his precious
 fruits4  ,lover  #jje3jja ,i have come 
into my garden1 my sister1 my bride4    
,i have gathered my myrrh with my spice2
 ,i have eaten my          honeycomb    
with my honey2 ,i have drunk my wine    
with my milk4          ,friends ,eat1   
friends6  ,drink1 yes1 drink abundantly1
 beloved4          ,beloved  #jje3jjb ,i
 was asleep1 but my heart was awake4    

,it is the voice          of my beloved 
who knocks3  ,open to me1 my sister1 my 
love1          my dove1 my undefiled2   
for my head is filled with dew1         
and my hair with the dampness of the    
night4  #jje3jjc ,i have taken off my   
robe4  ,indeed1 must ,i put it on8      
,i have washed my feet4  ,indeed1 must  
,i soil them8  #jje3jjd ,my beloved     
thrust his hand in through the latch    
opening4          ,my heart pounded for 
him4  #jje3jje ,i rose up to open for my
 beloved4  ,my hands dripped with myrrh1
          my fingers with liquid myrrh1 
on the handles of the lock4  #jje3jjf ,i
 opened to my beloved2 but my beloved   
left2 and had gone away4          ,my   
heart went out when he spoke4  ,i looked
 for him1 but ,i          didn't find   
him4  ,i called him1 but he didn't      
answer4  #jje3jjg ,the watchmen who go  
about the city found me4  ,they beat me4
          ,they bruised me4  ,the       
keepers of the walls took my cloak      
away from me4  #jje3jjh ,i adjure you1  

daughters of ,jerusalem1 ,if you find my
 beloved1          that you tell him    
that ,i am faint with love4  ,friends   
#jje3jji ,how is your beloved better    
than another beloved1 you fairest       
among women8  ,how is your beloved      
better than another beloved1            
that you do so adjure us8  ,beloved     
#jje3jaj ,my beloved is white and ruddy4
  ,the best among ten thousand4         
#jje3jaa ,his head is like the purest   
gold4  ,his hair is bushy1              
black as a raven4  #jje3jab ,his eyes   
are like doves beside the water brooks1 
washed with milk1          mounted like 
jewels4  #jje3jac ,his cheeks are like a
 bed of spices with towers of perfumes4 
,his lips are like lilies1 dropping     
liquid myrrh4  #jje3jad ,his hands are  
like rings of gold set with beryl4      
,his body is like ivory work overlaid   
with sapphires4  #jje3jae ,his legs are 
like pillars of marble set on sockets of
 fine gold4          ,his appearance is 
like ,lebanon1 excellent as the cedars4 

#jje3jaf ,his mouth is sweetness2 yes1  
he is altogether lovely4          ,this 
is my beloved1 and this is my friend1   
daughters of ,jerusalem4                
,friends  #jjf3jja ,where has your      
beloved gone1 you fairest among women8  
,where has your beloved turned1 that we 
may seek him with you8          ,beloved
  #jjf3jjb ,my beloved has gone down to 
his garden1 to the beds of spices1      
to feed in the gardens1 and to gather   
lilies4  #jjf3jjc ,i am my beloved's1   
and my beloved is mine4  ,he browses    
among the lilies1  #jjf3jjd ,you are    
beautiful1 my love1 as ,tirzah1 lovely  
as ,jerusalem1          awesome as an   
army with banners4  #jjf3jje ,turn away 
your eyes from me1 for they have        
overcome me4          ,your hair is like
 a flock of goats1 that lie along       
the side of ,gilead4  #jjf3jjf ,your    
teeth are like a flock of ewes1 which   
have come up          from the washing2 
of which every one has twins2 none is   
bereaved among them4  #jjf3jjg ,your    

temples are like a piece of a           
pomegranate behind your veil4  #jjf3jjh 
,there are sixty queens1 eighty         
concubines1 and virgins          without
 number4  #jjf3jji ,my dove1 my perfect 
one1 is unique4  ,she is her mother's   
only daughter4  ,she is the favorite one
 of her who bore her4          ,the     
daughters saw her1 and called her       
blessed2 the queens          and the    
concubines1 and they praised her4       
#jjf3jaj ,who is she who looks forth as 
the morning1 beautiful as the moon1     
clear as the sun1 and awesome as an army
 with banners8  #jjf3jaa ,i went down   
into the nut tree grove1 to see the     
green          plants of the valley1 to 
see whether the vine budded1            
and the pomegranates were in flower4    
#jjf3jab ,without realizing it1 my      
desire set me with my royal             
people's chariots4  ,friends  #jjf3jac  
,return1 return1 ,shulammite6  ,return1 
return1 that we may gaze          at    
you4  ,lover ,why do you desire to gaze 

at the ,shulammite1          as at the  
dance of ,mahanaim8  #jjg3jja ,how      
beautiful are your feet in sandals1     
prince's daughter6          ,your       
rounded thighs are like jewels1 the work
 of the hands          of a skillful    
workman4  #jjg3jjb ,your body is like a 
round goblet1 no mixed wine is wanting4 
,your waist is like a heap of wheat1 set
 about with lilies4  #jjg3jjc ,your two 
breasts are like two fawns1 that are    
twins of a roe4  #jjg3jjd ,your neck is 
like an ivory tower4  ,your eyes are    
like the pools          in ,heshbon by  
the gate of ,bathrabbim4  ,your nose is 
like          the tower of ,lebanon     
which looks toward ,damascus4  #jjg3jje 
,your head on you is like ,carmel4  ,the
 hair of your head like purple4         
,the king is held captive in its        
tresses4  #jjg3jjf ,how beautiful and   
how pleasant you are1 love1 for         
delights6  #jjg3jjg ,this1 your stature1
 is like a palm tree1 your breasts      
like its fruit4  #jjg3jjh ,i said1 ,i   

will climb up into the palm tree4  ,i   
will take hold          of its fruit4   
,let your breasts be like clusters of   
the vine1          the smell of your    
breath like apples1 ,beloved  #jjg3jji  
,your mouth like the best wine1 that    
goes down smoothly for          my      
beloved1 gliding through the lips of    
those who are asleep4  #jjg3jaj ,i am my
 beloved's4 ,his desire is toward me4   
#jjg3jaa ,come1 my beloved1 let us go   
forth into the field4          ,let us  
lodge in the villages4  #jjg3jab ,let's 
go early up to the vineyards4  ,let's   
see whether the vine          has       
budded1 its blossom is open1 and the    
pomegranates are in flower4             
,there ,i will give you my love4        
#jjg3jac ,the mandrakes give forth      
fragrance4  ,at our doors are all       
kinds of precious fruits1 new and old1  
which ,i have stored          up for    
you1 my beloved4  #jjh3jja ,oh that you 
were like my brother1 who sucked the    
breasts          of my mother6  ,if ,i  

found you outside1 ,i would kiss you2   
yes1 and no one would despise me4       
#jjh3jjb ,i would lead you1 bringing you
 into my mother's house1          who   
would instruct me4  ,i would have you   
drink spiced wine1          of the juice
 of my pomegranate4  #jjh3jjc ,his left 
hand would be under my head4  ,his right
 hand          would embrace me4        
#jjh3jjd ,i adjure you1 daughters of    
,jerusalem1 that you not stir up1       
nor awaken love1 until it so desires4   
,friends  #jjh3jje ,who is this who     
comes up from the wilderness1 leaning on
          her beloved8  ,under the apple
 tree ,i aroused you4          ,there   
your mother conceived you4  ,there she  
was in labor          and bore you4     
#jjh3jjf ,set me as a seal on your      
heart1 as a seal on your arm2           
for love is strong as death4  ,jealousy 
is as cruel as ,sheol4          ,its    
flashes are flashes of fire1 a very     
flame of ,yahweh4  #jjh3jjg ,many waters
 can't quench love1 neither can floods  

drown it4          ,if a man would give 
all the wealth of his house for love1   
he would be utterly scorned4  ,friends  
#jjh3jjh ,we have a little sister4  ,she
 has no breasts4  ,what shall we        
do for our sister in the day when she is
 to be spoken for8  #jjh3jji ,if she is 
a wall1 we will build on her a turret of
 silver4          if she is a door1 we  
will enclose her with boards of cedar4  
,beloved  #jjh3jaj ,i am a wall1 and my 
breasts like towers1 then ,i was in his 
eyes          like one who found peace4 
#jjh3jaa ,solomon had a vineyard at     
,baal ,hamon4  ,he leased out the       
vineyard          to keepers4  ,each was
 to bring a thousand shekels of silver  
for its fruit4  #jjh3jab ,my own        
vineyard is before me4  ,the thousand   
are for you1 ,solomon2          two     
hundred for those who tend its fruit4   
,lover  #jjh3jac ,you who dwell in the  
gardens1 with friends in attendance1    
let me hear your voice6  ,beloved       
#jjh3jad ,come away1 my beloved6  ,be   

like a gazelle or a young stag          
on the mountains of spices6