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# General Information:
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In some versions this is 7:1, the first verse of chapter seven.
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# General Information:
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In this verse either the friends speak to the woman and she replies, or the friends speak to the woman and the man replies, or the man speaks to the woman and she replies.
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# Turn back ... gaze on you
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Possible interpretations are 1) the friends are speaking to the woman or 2) the man is referring to himself in plural. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pronouns]])
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# Turn back, turn back
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"Come back, come back." This is repeated for emphasis.
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# Shulammite
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This word refers to the woman.
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# we may gaze
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Possible interpretations are 1) the woman's friends are speaking to her, or 2) the man is speaking to her, but he refers to himself with the plural pronoun "we". Alternate translation: "I may gaze" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pronouns]])
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# gaze
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look intently for a long time
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# Why do you gaze on the Shulammite
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The word "Shulammite" refers to the woman. Possible interpretations are 1) the woman is speaking. Alternate translation: "Why do you gaze on me" or 2) the man is speaking. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pronouns]])
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# as if on the dance of Mahanaim
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Possible meanings are 1) "the dance of Mahanaim" is a kind of dance from Mahanaim, or 2) Mahanaim means "two armies." Alternate translation: "as if on a dance of two armies" or "as if she were dancing before two armies"
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