OET SNG chapter 2

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Readers’ Version

Literal Version

2 I’m a wildflower of Sharon.

≈ A lily of the valleys.

The groom

2 My darling is among the young women

like a lily among the thorns.

The bride

3 Like an apple tree among the trees in the forest,

so is my dearest among the young men.

In his shadow I greatly delighted, and I sat,

and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

4 He brought me to the house of food and wine

and his desire for me is to show love.

5 Sustain me with raisin cakes.

≈ Refresh me with apples,

because I’m weak with love.

6 His left hand is under my head,

^ and his right arm embraces me.

7 Promise me, you young women from Yerushalem

by the female gazelles or the does in the countryside,

don’t awaken or stir love until it’s the right time.

2:8 The second song

The bride

8 Listen, my dearest is coming,

leaping over the mountains,

≈ jumping over the hills.

9 My dearest is being like a gazelle or a young stag.

Look, that one is standing behind our wall,

gazing through the windows—

≈ looking through the lattices.

10 My dearest answered and said to me,

“Stand up, my darling, my beauty, and come,

11 because, look, the winter is over.

The rain has passed—

≈ it went away.

12 Blossoms have appeared across the land.

The time of birds tweeting has arrived,

≈ and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

13 The fig tree ripens its green figs,

≈ and the grapevines are in blossom.

They give off a scent.

Stand up, my beautiful darling and come.

14 My dove, in the holes in the rocks,

≈ in the hiding places of the cliff,

Show me your appearance,

≈ make me hear your voice,

because your voice is sweet, and you look lovely.

15 Catch the foxes for us—

the little foxes that destroy the vineyards,

and our vineyards are in blossom.

2:16 The woman’s dream

The bride

16 My dearest belongs to me and I belong to him—

the man grazing among the lilies.

17 Until the daylight arrives and the shadows flee, turn.

My dearest resembles a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.

2 I am_the _crocus _of (the)_Shārōn (the)_lily _of the _valleys.

2 Like_a _lily between the_thornbushes is_so friend _of_my between the_daughters.

3 Like_an _apple _tree among_the _trees _of the _forest is_so lover _of_my between the_sons in_shade _of_his I _desired and_I _sat and_fruit _of_his was_sweet to_palate _of_my.

4 He_has _brought _me into the _house _of (the)_wine and_standard _of_his over_me is_love.

5 Sustain_me with_raisin-cakes refresh_me with_apples if/because am_weak _of love I.

6 Hand _of_his _left is_under (to)_head _of_my and_his _right _of_hand it_embraces _me.

7 I _adjure you(pl) Oh _daughters _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) by_gazelles or by_the _does _of the_field if you(pl)_will _awaken and_if you(pl)_will _arouse DOM (the)_love until that_it _will _please.

8 the _sound _of my _lover _of_my THERE this he_is_coming he_is_leaping over the_mountains he_is_bounding over the_hills.

9 lover _of_my is_like (to)_a_gazelle or (to)_the_fawn _of the _deer(s) THERE this he_is_standing behind wall _of_our he_is_gazing from the_windows he_is_peering from the_lattices.

10 lover _of_my He _answered and_saying(ms) to_me arise to/for_you(fs) my _friend _of_my my _beautiful _of_one and_come to/for_you(fs).

11 If/because THERE the_winter[fn] it _has _passed the_rain it _has _passed _away it _has _gone to_him/it.

12 The_blossoms they _have _appeared in/on _the_earth the _time _of (the)_pruning it _has _arrived and_the _sound _of the _turtle-dove it _has _been _heard in_land _of_our.

13 The _fig_tree it _has _ripened figs _of_its _early and_the_vines blossom they _have _given _forth odour arise wwww[fn] my _friend _of_my my _beautiful _of_one and_come to/for_you(fs).

14 my _dove _of_my in_the _clefts _of the _rock in_the _hiding _place _of the _steep _place let_me _see DOM form _of_your[fn][fn][fn] cause_me _to _hear DOM voice _of_your if/because voice _of_your is_sweet and_form _of_your is_lovely.

15 seize to/for_us foxes foxes small which_ruin vineyards and_vineyards _of_our are_blossom.

16 Lover _of_my to_me and_I to_him/it who_is_grazing among_lilies.

17 Until that_it _will _breathe the_day and_they _will _flee the_shadows turn be _like to/for_yourself(m)[fn][fn] my _lover _of_my (to)_a_gazelle or (to)_the_fawn _of the _deer(s) on the _mountains _of ravine[s].

2:11 OSHB variant note: ה/סתו: (x-qere) ’הַ/סְּתָ֖יו’: lemma_d/5638 n_1.0 morph_HTd/Ncmsa id_22ibe הַ/סְּתָ֖יו

2:13 OSHB variant note: לכי: (x-qere) ’לָ֛/ךְ’: lemma_l n_0.0.0 morph_HR/Sp2fs id_22GpK לָ֛/ךְ

2:14 OSHB note: Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.

2:14 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

2:14 OSHB note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

2:17 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently from BHQ.

2:17 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

Open English Translation SNG Chapter 2

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