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Song of Songs 2:7

הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בְּנ֤וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בִּצְבָא֔וֹת א֖וֹ בְּאַיְל֣וֹת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה אִם־תָּעִ֧ירוּ וְאִם־תְּעֽוֹרְרוּ֛ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃
hishbaʿtiy ʾetkem bnvot yrvshaliam biṣbaʾvot ʾvo bʾaylvot hashadeh ʾim-taʿiyrv vʾim-tʿvorrv ʾet-haʾahabah ʿad sheteḥpaṣ
King James Version (KJV)

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Modern English

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love until it so desires.

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