OET SNG chapter 2

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.

8 the _sound _of beloved _of_my there this he_is_coming he_is_leaping over the_mountains he_is_bounding over the_hills.
9 beloved _of_my is_like to_gazelle or to_young _deer _of the_stags there this he_is_standing behind wall _of_our he_is_gazing from the_windows he_is_peering from the_lattice.
10 beloved _of_my He _answered and_saying(ms) to_me arise to/for_you(fs) darling _of_my beautiful _of_my and_come _away 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_flowers they _have _appeared in/on _the_earth the _time _of the_singing it _has _arrived and_voice _of the_turtledove it _has _been _heard in/on/at/with_land _of_our.
13 The_fig _tree it _has _ripened figs _of_its and_the_vines blossom they _have _given _forth odor arise wwww[fn] darling _of_my beautiful _of_my and_come _away to/for_you(fs).
14 dove _of_my in/on/at/with_clefts _of the_rock in/on/at/with_covert _of the_cliff see_me DOM face _of_your[fn][fn][fn] hear_me DOM voice _of_your if/because voice _of_your is_sweet and_face _of_your is_lovely.
15 seize to/for_us foxes foxes small which_ruin vineyards and_vineyards _of_our are_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.

16 Beloved _of_my to_me and_I to_him/it the_pastures in/on/at/with_lilies.
17 Until when_breathes the_day and_flee the_shadows turn be _like to/for_yourself(m)[fn][fn] beloved _of_my to_gazelle or like_young _deer _of the_stags 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.

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