# General Information

In 8:14 the woman speaks to the man.

# my beloved

"my dear one" or "my lover"

# like a gazelle or a young stag

See Song of Songs 2:9.

# gazelle

a type of slender deer-like animal with long curved horns

# stag

an adult male deer

# the mountains of spices

"the mountains that have spices all over them." The woman uses this metaphor to invite the man to make love to her. See how the man uses the metaphor of a mountain of myrrh and a hill of frankincense in Song of Songs 4:6