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Chapter II
SALOMÉ Jokanaan! JOKANAAN Who speaketh? SALOMÉ Jokanaan, I am amorous of thy body! Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed. Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SALOMÉ Jokanaan, I am amorous of thy body!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “SALOMÉ Jokanaan, I am amorous of thy body!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading SALOMÉ Jokanaan, I am amorous of thy body!
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From this reading SALOMÉ Jokanaan, I am amorous of thy body!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SALOMÉ Jokanaan, I am amorous of thy body!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
an old form of “has”
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SALOMÉ Jokanaan, I am amorous of thy body!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
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From this reading SALOMÉ Jokanaan!
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From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SALOMÉ Jokanaan, I am amorous of thy body!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SALOMÉ Jokanaan!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOKANAAN Who speaketh?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading SALOMÉ Jokanaan, I am amorous of thy body!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Thy body is white like the snows that lie on the mountains, like the snows that lie on the mountains of Judæa, and come down into the valleys.
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From this reading Thy body is white like the lilies of a field that the mower hath never mowed.
which person or people
From this reading JOKANAAN Who speaketh?
