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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.

He

15 (A)Behold, (B)you are beautiful, (C)my love;
    behold, you are beautiful;
    your (D)eyes are doves.

She

16 Behold, you are beautiful, (E)my beloved, truly (F)delightful.
Our couch is green;
17     the beams of our house are (G)cedar;
    our rafters are (H)pine.

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