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# My beloved is mine
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"My beloved belongs to me". The woman speaks about the man.
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# I am his
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"I belong to him"
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# he grazes
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"feeds" or "eats grass." The woman speaks of the man as if he were "a gazelle or a young stag" (verse 17). Grazing is probably a metaphor for lovemaking (Song of Songs 2:1-2).
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# lilies
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sweet-smelling flowers that grow in places where there is much water. |