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1.1 KiB
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46 lines
1.1 KiB
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# The flowers have appeared
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"People can see flowers"
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# in the land
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"all over this land"
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# for pruning
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for cutting off branches from a plant so that it will produce more fruit or look better
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# the singing of birds
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"for birds to sing"
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# the sound of the doves is heard
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This can be translated in active form. AT: "people can hear the sound of doves" or "the doves are cooing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# The fig tree ripens her green figs
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The tree is spoken of as if it were actively causing its fruit to ripen. This is a collective singular and can be translated as a plural. AT: "The figs on the trees are becoming ripe" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# vines are in blossom
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"vines are flowering" or "vines have flowers"
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# they give off
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The word "they" refers to the blossoms on the vines.
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# their fragrance
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"their sweet smell"
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# my love
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"you whom I love." See how you translated this in [Song of Songs 1:9](../01/09.md)
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/time]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/dove]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fig]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vine]] |