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# General Information:
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The man continues to praise the woman.
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# Your neck is like the tower of David
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No one knows if this was a real tower. A tower is a tall, slender building, and saying that David built it implies that it was beautiful. The man considered the woman's neck long and slender and so beautiful. AT: "Your neck is long and beautiful like the tower of David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# of David
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"that David built"
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# built in rows of stone
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Women had necklaces that covered their entire necks with rows of decorations. The man compares these rows of decorations with the rows of stone on the tower. AT: "that has many rows of stone" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# with a thousand shields
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The man compares the decorations of the woman's necklace with shields hanging on the tower. The necklace probably went around her neck many times. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a thousand shields
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"1,000 shields." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# all the shields of soldiers
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"all of the shields belong to mighty warriors"
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# two breasts
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If the word "two" seems unnecessary and so out of place, you could omit it.
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# like two fawns, twins of a gazelle
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The man implies that the woman's breasts are matching, soft, and perhaps small. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# twins
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the babies of a mother who gave birth to two babies at one time
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# gazelle
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an animal that looks like a deer and moves quickly. Translate as the singular of "gazelles" as in [Song of Solomon 2:7](../02/07.md).
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# grazing among the lilies
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"eating plants among the lilies." While it is clear that the man "grazing among the lilies" is a metaphor for making love ([Song of Solomon 2:16](../02/16.md)), it is not clear what these words refer to. It is best to translate them literally.
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# lilies
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sweet-smelling flowers that grow in places where there is much water. Translate as the plural of "lily" in [Song of Solomon 2:1](../02/01.md).
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/like]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/watchtower]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/david]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shield]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/warrior]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deer]] |