en_tn_condensed/sng/03/03.md

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# watchmen
men who have the job of keeping guard of the town at night to keep the people safe
# as they were making their rounds in the city
"who were walking around the city on the walls"
# him whom my soul loves
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 Songs 1:14](../01/12.md)). See how you translated this in [Song of Songs 3:1](./01.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])