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**Behold.** The words of the shepherd approaching the Shulamite.
**my love** = my friend. Hebrew. *ra'yah.* See note on [Song of Solomon 1:9](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/9) . Feminine, showing the speaker and the one spoken to.
**behold** = gaze on.
**doves' eyes.** Referring to the large melting eye of the dove: a "clean" bird.
**within thy locks** = behind (or through) thy veil.
**that appear** = springing down.

**even** = evenly.
**whereof every one bear twins** = all of which are paired.
**barren** = bereaved, as in [Jeremiah 18:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/18/21) .

**thread** = braid.
**speech** = mouth.
**temples** = cheeks.
**piece** = part.

**Until** = When. The Shulamite speaks in [Song of Solomon 4:6](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/4/6) , referring to [Song of Solomon 2:17](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/17) , answering that that very evening she will quit Jerusalem and go to their delightful country.
**break** = cools. Compare [Song of Solomon 2:17](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/17) .

**Thou art all fair, my love.** The shepherd speaks: "love" being here feminine again.

**Come** = Thou wilt come.
**Lebanon . . . Amana . . . Shenir . . . Hermon . . . the lions' dens** ,
**. . . the mountains of the leopards.** He gives these names to Jerusalem and the royal residence.
**my spouse** = my betrothed.
**lions . . . leopards:** denote the king and his courtiers. Compare [Ezekiel 19:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/19/7) ; [Ezekiel 22:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/22/25) .[Nahum 2:12](../../../kjv/nahum/2/12) .

**ravished my heart** = put heart into me.
**one.** It was customary to unveil one eye in conversation.
**of:** or round.

**fair** = sweet.
**love** = endearments. Hebrew. *dodim,* as in [Song of Solomon 1:2](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/2) , [Song of Solomon 1:4](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/4) , and [Song of Solomon 7:12](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/7/12) .
**my sister, my spouse** = my sister betrothed.
**wine.** Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 .

**drop as** = drop [honey] as.

**A garden.** Note the *Alternation* in verses: [Song of Solomon 4:12-15](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/4/12-15) : c | 12-. Garden. d | -12. Spring. *c* | 13, 14. Garden fruits. *d* | 15. Fountain.
**inclosed** = closed: bolted and barred.
**shut up.** Same word as "inclosed" (above).

**an orchard** = a paradise. See note on [Ecclesiastes 2:5](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/2/5) .
**camphire** = henna, or cypress.

**all trees of frankincense** = all sorts of frankincense trees.
**spices** = spice plants.

**A fountain** = [With] a fountain.
**fountain of gardens** = a garden-fountain, without which no garden was complete.
**Let my beloved.** The Shulamite speaks in response, with the eloquent brevity of her overwrought feelings.
**my beloved.** Here, masculine, which shows who the speaker of this sentence is.
**his** = its.

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