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Let $E=\{u\in C^1[0,1]:u\left(0\right)=u\left(1\right)=0\}$. Let $S_k^{\nu }$ with $\nu =\{+,-\}$ denote the set of functions $u\in E$ which have exactly $k-1$ interior nodal zeros in (0, 1) and $\nu u$ be positive near $0$. We show the existence of $S$-shaped connected component of $S_k^{\nu }$-solutions of the problem $$\left\{\begin{array}{cc}{\left({\displaystyle \frac{u^{\text{'}}}{\sqrt{1-u^{\text{'}2}}}}\right)}^{\text{'}}+\lambda a\left(x\right)f\left(u\right)=0,\hfill & x\in (0,1),\hfill \\ u\left(0\right)=u\left(1\right)=0,\hfill \end{array}\right.$$ where $\lambda >0$ is a parameter, $a\in C\left(\right[0,1],(0,\infty \left)\right)$. We determine the intervals of parameter $\lambda$ in which the above problem has one, two or three $S_k^{\nu }$-solutions. The proofs of the main results are based upon the bifurcation technique.