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Lover

15 Behold,[a] you are beautiful, my love.
    Behold, you are beautiful.
    Your eyes are like doves.

Beloved

16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant;
    and our couch is verdant.

Lover

17 The beams of our house are cedars.
    Our rafters are firs.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:15 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

15 Ah, you are beautiful, my love;
    ah, you are beautiful;
    your eyes are doves.(A)
16 Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved,
    truly lovely.
Our couch is green;
17     the beams of our house are cedar;
    our rafters[a] are pine.(B)

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  1. 1.17 Meaning of Heb uncertain

He

15 How beautiful(A) you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes are doves.(B)

She

16 How handsome you are, my beloved!(C)
    Oh, how charming!
    And our bed is verdant.

He

17 The beams of our house are cedars;(D)
    our rafters are firs.

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