<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Maidens to The Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Why is your beloved better than others,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O most beautiful of women?p> <p class="poetry">Why is your beloved better than others,p> <p class="poetry">that you would command us in this manner?p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">I am my lover&#8217;s<n id="1" /> and my lover is mine;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he grazes among the lilies.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Maidens to the Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Where has your beloved gone,p> <p class="poetry">O most beautiful among women?p> <p class="poetry">Where has your beloved turned?p> <p class="poetry">Tell us,<n id="1" /> that we may seek him with you.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">My lover is mine and I am his;p> <p class="poetry">he grazes among the lilies.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to the Maidens:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">My beloved<n id="1" /> is dazzling<n id="2" /> and ruddy;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he stands out<n id="4" /> in comparison to<n id="5" /> all other men.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">I am my beloved&#8217;s,p> <p class="poetry">and he desires me!<n id="1" />p>

or his uncle or his cousin<n id="1" /> may redeem him, or anyone of the rest of his blood relatives &#8211; his family<n id="2" /> &#8211; may redeem him, or if<n id="3" /> he prospers he may redeem himself.

<p class="poetry">How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!p> <p class="poetry">How much better is your love than wine;p> <p class="poetry">the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!p>

<p class="poetry">I opened for my beloved,p> <p class="poetry">but my lover had already turned<n id="1" /> and gone away.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I fell into despair<n id="3" /> when he departed.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I looked for him but did not find him;p> <p class="poetry">I called him but he did not answer me.p>

<p class="poetry">Come, let&#8217;s drink deeply<n id="1" /> of lovemaking<n id="2" /> until morning,p> <p class="poetry">let&#8217;s delight ourselves<n id="3" /> with sexual intercourse.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Oh, how I wish you<n id="2" /> would kiss me passionately!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For your lovemaking<n id="4" /> is more delightful<n id="5" /> than wine.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">spending the night<n id="2" /> between my breasts.p>

<p class="poetry">My beloved is like a cluster of henna blossoms<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the vineyards of En-Gedi.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Oh, how handsome you are, my lover!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Oh,<n id="2" /> how delightful<n id="3" /> you are!p> <p class="poetry">The lush foliage<n id="4" /> is our canopied bed;<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">My lover thrust his hand<n id="1" /> through<n id="2" /> the hole,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and my feelings<n id="4" /> were stirred<n id="5" /> for him.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside;p> <p class="poetry">let us spend the night in the villages.p>

If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle&#8217;s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless.

For the daughters of Zelophehad &#8211; Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah &#8211; were married to the sons of their uncles.<n id="1" />

Saul&#8217;s uncle said, &#8220;Tell me what Samuel said to you.&#8221;<n id="1" />

The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin&#8217;s<n id="1" /> uncle, king in Jehoiachin&#8217;s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.p>