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# watchmen
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men who have the job of keeping guard of the town at night to keep the people safe
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# as they were making their rounds in the city
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"who were walking around the city on the walls"
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# him whom my soul loves
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The soul is a metonym for the whole person. Here it makes a stronger statement of the woman's love for the man than "my beloved" ([Song of Solomon 1:14](../01/12.md)). See how you translated this in [Song of Solomon 3:1](./01.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# bedroom
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"the room for sleeping"
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# the one who had conceived me
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This is a metonym for her mother. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |