< Song of Solomon 3 >

1 One night when I was lying in bed, I longed for the one I love. I longed for him, but he was nowhere to be found.
upon bed my in/on/with night to seek [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to seek him and not to find him
2 So I said to myself, “I will get up now and go through the city, looking in its streets and squares for the one I love.” I looked for him but I didn't find him.
to arise: rise please and to turn: surround in/on/with city in/on/with street and in/on/with street/plaza to seek [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to seek him and not to find him
3 The watchmen found me as they went through the city. “Have you seen the one I love?” I asked them.
to find me [the] to keep: guard [the] to turn: surround in/on/with city [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to see: see
4 Only a little farther on after I'd passed them I found my love! I held him close and would not let him go until I'd brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me.
like/as little which/that to pass from them till which/that to find [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to grasp him and not to slacken him till which/that to come (in): bring him to(wards) house: home mother my and to(wards) chamber to conceive me
5 Women of Jerusalem, swear to me by the gazelles or the wild deer that you won't disturb our love until the right time.
to swear [obj] you daughter Jerusalem in/on/with gazelle or in/on/with doe [the] land: country if: surely no to rouse and if: surely no to rouse [obj] [the] love till which/that to delight in
6 Who is this coming in from the wilderness like a plume of smoke, like a burning sacrifice scented with myrrh and frankincense, with all kinds of imported perfumed powders?
who? this to ascend: rise from [the] wilderness like/as column smoke to offer: to perfume myrrh and frankincense from all aromatic powder to trade
7 Look, it's Solomon's sedan chair, accompanied by sixty of Israel's best warriors.
behold bed his which/that to/for Solomon sixty mighty man around to/for her from mighty man Israel
8 All of them are expert swordsmen who have battle experience. They each carry a sword strapped to the thigh, ready for any night-time attacks.
all their to grasp sword to learn: teach battle man: anyone sword his upon thigh his from dread (in/on/with night *L(abh)*)
9 (Solomon's sedan chair was made for him with wood from Lebanon.
carriage to make to/for him [the] king Solomon from tree: wood [the] Lebanon
10 Its posts were covered in silver, and the back was covered in gold. The seat cushion was purple. The interior was lovingly decorated.) Women of Jerusalem,
pillar his to make silver: money back his gold chariot his purple midst his to fit love from daughter Jerusalem
11 come out! Look, women of Zion! See King Solomon wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head on his wedding day, his happiest day.
to come out: come and to see: see daughter Zion in/on/with king Solomon in/on/with crown which/that to crown to/for him mother his in/on/with day marriage his and in/on/with day joy heart his

< Song of Solomon 3 >