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# General Information:
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Translate this verse as in [Song of Songs 2:7](../02/07.md).
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# daughters of Jerusalem
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"young women of Jerusalem." These young women could not hear her and were not present, but the woman speaks as if they were present and could hear her. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
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# by the gazelles and the does of the fields
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Although the daughters of Jerusalem are not there to hear her, the woman is telling them that the gazelles and the does will punish them they break their promise. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-apostrophe]])
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# the gazelles
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animals that look like deer and move quickly.
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# does
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female deer
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# of the fields
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"that live in the countryside." This refers to land that has not been farmed.
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# will not awaken or arouse love until she pleases
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Here "love" is spoken of as if it were a person asleep that does not want to be awakened. This is a metaphor that represents the man and woman who do not want to be disturbed until they are finished making love. Alternate translation: "will not disturb us until we have finished making love" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# will not awaken or arouse
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If your language has only one word for waking people out of sleep, you could combine these words. Alternate translation: "will not awaken" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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