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# General Information
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In 1:12-14 the woman speaks to herself.
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# lay on his couch
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"sat eating his special meal." This probably refers to one of the couches on which people would lie around a table at a banquet. You could translate using the common word for what people do with their bodies when they eat special meals.
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# nard
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an oil that people got from the expensive nard or spikenard (valerian plant with small pink or white flowers) and used to make their skin soft and to have a pleasant odor.
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# emitted its fragrance
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"gave off its good smell"
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