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**bed** = couch, not the same word as in [Song of Solomon 1:16](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/16) ; [Song of Solomon 3:7](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/3/7) , &c.
**sought** = still sought.
**my soul** = I myself.

**It was but a little that** = Scarcely.
**a little** = a little while. See note on "almost", [Proverbs 5:14](../../../kjv/proverbs/5/14) .
**from them** = them.
**but** = when.
**held** = seized.
**chamber** = inner chamber.

**I charge you** = I have adjured you.
**you.** See note on [Song of Solomon 2:7](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/7) .
**roes** = gazelles.
**stir not up . . . awake.** See note on [Song of Solomon 2:7](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/7) .
**love.** Hebrew. *'ahabah* Ferm, as in [Song of Solomon 2:7](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/7) ; [Song of Solomon 8:4](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/8/4) .
**he** = she.

**Who is this?** = What is this? A question asked by anJerusalem. inhabitant of Jerusalem.
**bed.** Hebrew. *mittah* . Not the same word as [Song of Solomon 1:16](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/16) ; [Song of Solomon 3:1](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/3/1) ; [Song of Solomon 5:13](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/5/13) , or [Song of Solomon 6:2](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/6/2) .
**valiant men.** Hebrew. *gibbor* App-14 .

**every man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .
**night** = nights (Plural)

**King Solomon made, &c.** The remark of a third inhabitant of Jerusalem. See the Structure (above).
**a chariot** = a palanquin.

**the bottom thereof** = its support.
**the covering of it** = its seat.
**the midst thereof** = its interior.
**being paved** = tessellated.
**with love** = most lovely.
**for** = by.

**Go forth.** The remark of a fourth inhabitant of Jerusalem. See the Structure (p. 7).
**daughters of Zion.** Occurs only here, and [Isaiah 3:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/16) , [Isaiah 3:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/17) ; [Isaiah 4:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/4/4) ; always by way of reproof. Can it be so here? Does it imply the envy or jealousy of [Song of Solomon 8:6](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/8/6) ? (Compare "haughty", [Isaiah 3:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/16) .) Note the difference between the sing, and plural
**espousals** = marriage.

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