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How beautiful you’re sandaled feet,

O prince's daughter!

Your graceful legs (NASB says "hips") are like jewels,

the work of a craftsman's hands.

Shulammite probably does not have a perfect body, but Solomon chooses to compliment her.

2Your navel is a rounded goblet

that never lacks blended wine.

Your waist (NASB says "belly") is a mound of wheat

encircled by lilies.

Wine and wheat were two of God’s greatest blessings. These are two crops the Jewish people depended on.

3Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle.

Solomon is still tender with her. Remember, what do you want to do to a soft gazelle? Pet it gently!

4Your neck is like an ivory tower.

Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon

by the gate of Bath Rabbim.

An ivory tower was a very expensive majestic object.

The pools of Heshbon were probably like the bathing hot springs of Yellowstone Park. (A refreshing retreat from the real world) Solomon felt this way about her.

Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon

looking toward Damascus.

The tower of Lebanon would protect the nation of Israel by looking for invasion from Seria. He obviously trusts her.

5Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.

Your hair is like royal tapestry;

the king is held captive by its tresses.

Where else have you heard "Mount Carmel"? Waco, David Korish

Mount Carmel is a beautiful 700-ft ridge that the people would admire.

He is held captive by her tresses. He feels submissive or enslaved to her needs.

6How beautiful you are and how pleasing,

O love, with your delights! (NASB say "charms")(Hebrew word "Tanoogonog"=soft)

 

 

 

7Your stature is like that of the palm,

and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

8I said, "I will climb the palm tree;

I will take hold of its fruit."

May your breasts be like the clusters of the vine,(grapes)

the fragrance of your breath like apples,

There marital sex if full of fruit.

The bedroom if often a barometer of how the marriage is going.

9and your mouth like the best wine.

He begins this thought and she finishes it. They are unified emotionally.

Shulammite to Solomon

May the wine go straight to my lover,

flowing gently over lips and teeth.

10I belong to my lover,

and his desire(sexually)(Hebrew "Teshak"=consumming) is for me.

Most women see sex as a bother, but not Shulammite. She sees a way that she can minister to husband in a way that no other woman can.

11Come, my lover, let us go to the countryside,

let us spend the night in the villages.

12Let us go early to the vineyards

to see if the vines have budded,

if their blossoms have opened,

and if the pomegranates are in bloom--

there I will give you my love.

They are still spending time together and keeping the marriage alive. This results in her desiring to give herself to him. Time together = Intimacy

13The mandrakes(assumed aphrodisiac) send out their fragrance,

and at our door is every delicacy,(NASB says fruit=sexuality)

both new and old,

that I have stored up for you, my lover.

She is creative with her sexuality that she wants to give to him.

The Root of a mandrake looks like a penis. This was probably funny to Jewish people. Remember Rachel and Leah fought over Mandrakes for fertility in Gen. 30:14

8:1If only you were to me like a brother,

who was nursed at my mother's breasts!

Then, if I found you outside,

I would kiss you,

and no one would despise me.

It was customary to touch or kiss your brother in public, but not you spouse. She chooses to esteem him.

 

 

2I would lead you

and bring you to my mother's house--

she who has taught me.

I would give you spiced wine to drink,

the nectar of my pomegranates.

3His left arm is under my head

and his right arm embraces me .

Sexual position, she still desires him

Solomon to the Daughters of Jerusalem

4Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until it so desires.

Good advise. He knows the advantages of purity.

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