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# daughters of Jerusalem
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"young women of Jerusalem." These young women could not hear her and were not present, but the woman speaks as if they were present and could hear her.
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# by the gazelles and the does of the fields
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The woman speaks to them as if they could hear saying that the gazelles and the does will punish them if they break their promise.
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# the gazelles
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These are animals that look like deer and move quickly.
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# does
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female deer
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# of the fields
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"that live in the countryside." This was land that has not been farmed.
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# will not awaken or arouse love until she pleases
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"will not disturb us until we have finished making love"