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Here begins Part Two of the book
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## Oh, here he comes ##
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The word “Oh” here adds emphasis to what follows. AT: “Indeed”
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## leaping over the mountains, ##
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"leaping on the mountains, running quickly on the hills." The beloved runs quickly and gracefully like a gazelle, even over the rough terrain of the mountains and the hills.
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## like a gazelle or a young stag ##
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The woman compares her beloved with a gazelle and a young buck because he is fast, beautiful, and graceful like these animals. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## a gazelle ##
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See how you translated "the gazelles" in [Song of Solomon 8:2](../08/02.md).
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## a young stag ##
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"a young buck" or "a young male deer"
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## look, he is standing ##
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The word “look” here shows that the woman saw something interesting.
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## behind our wall ##
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"on the other side of our wall." The woman is in a house and her beloved is outside the house.
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## our wall ##
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The word "our" refers to the woman and the other people in the house with her.
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## gazing through the window ##
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"he stares in through the windows"
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## peering through the lattice ##
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"he peeks through the lattice"
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## lattice ##
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long strips of wood that someone has woven together in order to create a cover for a window or some other entrance
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