507 B
507 B
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