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Hebrew, word by word. The text arrives sealed from the shelf and is drawn above, every word pressable for its record. Under each verse here: the reading printed for each of its words, oldest witness first, credited by number to its source at the foot.
(bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s)1 · (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s)1 · Shulamite2 · (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s)1 · (bring away, carry, carry away, lead, lead away, take) captive(-s)1 · over <the> + you3 · why?4 · behold1
why?4 · Joppa1 · footsteps + your3 · in <the> + sandals3 · daughter5 · noble5 · joints1 · when5 · jewel1 · deed5 · Iddo1 · Amen5
basin5 · the + prison3 · these5 · be abated1 · temper6 · womb + your3 · heap (of corn)1 · wheat(-en)1 · set about1 · among the + lilies3
both1 · fields + your3 · like + two3 · young roe (hart)1 · twins1 · female gazelle7
neck + your3 · [is] like + [the] tower of3 · <the> + Shen3 · eyes + your3 · blessing1 · in + Heshbon3 · Most High1 · storm1 · daughter5 · (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly)1 · turn8 · [is] like + [the] tower of3 · <the> + Lebanon3 · behold1 · face1 · damask (as a fabric of Damascus)5
head + your3 · [is] on + you3 · like + Carmel3 · head + your3 · king5 · band5 · in the + drinking troughs3
why?4 · be beautiful1 · and + what?3 · pass in beauty1 · love5
this9 · compare1 · to + Tamar3 · and + breasts + your3
answer1 · arise (up)1 · seized5 · and + they were3 · now5 · fields + your3 · the + vine3 · and + [the] odor of3 · turn8
[is] like + wine3 · the + good3 · X again1 · to + lover + my3 · cause to speak1 · band1 · -old (store)1
galley5 · to + lover + my3 · and + [will be] on3 · desire + its3
Lekah10 · boiler5 · go away5 · the + field3 · abide (all night)1 · in the + villages3
(arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes)1 · to + vinedressers3 · advise self1 · mother5 · X abroad1 · the + vine3 · opening5 · flee away1 · the + pomegranates3 · authority5 · you1 · with5 · breast1 · come1
mandrake (plant of the genus Mandragora)6 · add1 · scent5 · and + on3 · all5 · pleasant1 · fresh1 · also5 · -old (store)1 · boiler5 · esteem1 · come1
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