Song of Solomon 8:1
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O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
In other translations
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
Hebrew words
מִיmiwho?H4310יִתֶּנְךָyitenkhawill he give youH5414כְּאָחke'achlike a brotherH251לִיlito meיוֹנֵקyonek[the] suckling-child ofH3243שְׁדֵיshedei[the] breasts ofH7699אִמִּי'imimother myH517אֶמְצָאֲךָ'emtza'akhaI will find youH4672בַחוּץvachutzon the outsideH2351אֶשָׁקְךָ'eshakechaI will kiss youH5401גַּםgamalsoH1571לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָבוּזוּyavuzupeople will despiseH936לִי׃li<to> me
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