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# General Information:
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The young woman continues to speak to the man.
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# I would lead you and bring you into my mother's house
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If the man were her brother, she could bring him to the family home. This was normal in that culture and is still today in some.
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# she who taught me
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taught her how to make love (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# I would give you spiced wine to drink and some of the juice of my pomegranates
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The woman uses these images to say that she will give herself to the man and make love with him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# spiced wine
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"wine with spices" or "wine that has spices in it." This represents the intoxicating power of lovemaking. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# His left hand ... embraces me
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See how you translated this in [Song of Solomon 2:6](../02/05.md).
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# left hand ... right hand
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"left arm ... right arm"
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# embraces me
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"holds me" |