Birkat HamazonChapter 3
Shir Hashirim, the Song of Songs, chapter by chapter, ready to read in Hebrew, transliterated or translated.
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3 עַל־מִשְׁכָּבִי֙ בַּלֵּיל֔וֹת בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּי אֵ֥ת שֶֽׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א מְצָאתִֽיו׃ אָק֨וּמָה נָּ֜א וַאֲסוֹבְבָ֣ה בָעִ֗יר בַּשְּׁוָקִים֙ וּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹת אֲבַקְשָׁ֕ה אֵ֥ת שֶֽׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א מְצָאתִֽיו׃ מְצָא֙וּנִי֙ הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים הַסֹּבְבִ֖ים בָּעִ֑יר אֵ֛ת שֶֽׁאָהֲבָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י רְאִיתֶֽם׃ כִּמְעַט֙ שֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּי מֵהֶ֔ם עַ֣ד שֶׁמָּצָ֔אתִי אֵ֥ת שֶֽׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ עַד־שֶׁ֤הֲבֵיאתִיו֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית אִמִּ֔י וְאֶל־חֶ֖דֶר הוֹרָתִֽי׃ הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בְּנ֤וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בִּצְבָא֔וֹת א֖וֹ בְּאַיְל֣וֹת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה אִם־תָּעִ֧ירוּ ׀ וְֽאִם־תְּע֥וֹרְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃ מִ֣י זֹ֗את עֹלָה֙ מִן־הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר כְּתִֽימְר֖וֹת עָשָׁ֑ן מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶת מֹר֙ וּלְבוֹנָ֔ה מִכֹּ֖ל אַבְקַ֥ת רוֹכֵֽל׃ הִנֵּ֗ה מִטָּתוֹ֙ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שִׁשִּׁ֥ים גִּבֹּרִ֖ים סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ מִגִּבֹּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ כֻּלָּם֙ אֲחֻ֣זֵי חֶ֔רֶב מְלֻמְּדֵ֖י מִלְחָמָ֑ה אִ֤ישׁ חַרְבּוֹ֙ עַל־יְרֵכ֔וֹ מִפַּ֖חַד בַּלֵּילֽוֹת׃ אַפִּרְי֗וֹן עָ֤שָׂה לוֹ֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מֵעֲצֵ֖י הַלְּבָנֽוֹן׃ עַמּוּדָיו֙ עָ֣שָׂה כֶ֔סֶף רְפִידָת֣וֹ זָהָ֔ב מֶרְכָּב֖וֹ אַרְגָּמָ֑ן תּוֹכוֹ֙ רָצ֣וּף אַהֲבָ֔ה מִבְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ צְאֶ֧נָה ׀ וּֽרְאֶ֛ינָה בְּנ֥וֹת צִיּ֖וֹן בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה בָּעֲטָרָ֗ה שֶׁעִטְּרָה־לּ֤וֹ אִמּוֹ֙ בְּי֣וֹם חֲתֻנָּת֔וֹ וּבְי֖וֹם שִׂמְחַ֥ת לִבּֽוֹ׃
3 al-mishkavi balleilot bikkashti eit sheahavah nafshi bikkashtiv velo metza'tiv akumah na vaasovevah vair bashshvakim uvarchovot avakshah eit sheahavah nafshi bikkashtiv velo metza'tiv metza'uni hashshomerim hassovevim bair eit sheahavah nafshi reitem kimat sheavarti meihem ad shemmatza'ti eit sheahavah nafshi achaztiv velo arpennu ad-shehavei'tiv El-beit immi veel-cheder horati hishbati etchem benot yerushalam bitzva'ot o beaylot hassadeh im-tairu ׀ veim-te'oreru et-haahavah ad shettechpatz mi zo't olah min-hammidbar ketimerot ashan mekutteret mor ulevonah mikkol avkat rocheil hinneih mittato shellishlomoh shishshim gibborim saviv lah miggibborei yisrael kullam achuzei cherev melummedei milchamah ish charbo al-yereicho mippachad balleilot appiryon asah lo hammelech shelomoh meiatzei hallvanon ammudaiv asah chesef refidato zahav merkavo argaman tocho ratzuf ahavah mibbnot yerushalam tzeenah ׀ ureeinah benot tziyyon bammelech shelomoh baatarah sheittrah-lo immo beyom chatunnato uveyom simchat libbo
3 On my bed at night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him. I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him. The watchmen who go about the city found me: Have you seen him whom my soul loves? Scarcely had I passed them, when I found him whom my soul loves; I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him to my mother's house, into the chamber of her who conceived me. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases. Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant? Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel. All of them hold swords, being expert in war; each has his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. King Solomon made himself a palanquin of the wood of Lebanon. He made its pillars of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was inlaid with love, by the daughters of Jerusalem. Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon, upon the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, and on the day of the gladness of his heart.
Understand
At night, the beloved searches in vain for the one she loves through the streets of the city before finding him and bringing him to her mother's house. The chapter closes with a spectacular description of King Solomon's wedding procession, surrounded by his guards, ascending from his litter toward Jerusalem.
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