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Song of Solomon 4:12
New English Translation
Song of Solomon 4:12
New English Translation
The Wedding Night: The Delightful Garden
The Lover to His Beloved:
12 You are a locked garden,[a] my sister, my bride;
you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 4:12 sn The twin themes of the enclosed garden and sealed spring are highlighted by the wordplay (paronomasia) between the Hebrew expressions גַּן נָעוּל (gan naʿul, “a garden locked up”) and גַּל נָעוּל (gal naʿul, “an enclosed spring”).
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