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# I am dark but lovely
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"My skin is dark, but I am still beautiful" or "Even though my skin is dark, I am beautiful"
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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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# dark like the tents of Kedar
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The nomadic tribes in Kedar used black goat skins to build their homes. The woman is comparing her skin to these tents. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# lovely like the curtains of Solomon
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Solomon produced beautiful curtains either for his own palace or for the Temple. She says that her skin is beautiful. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# scorched
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This exaggeration for "burned" or "made black" refers to the sun changing her skin from light to dark. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# My mother's sons
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"My half-brothers." These brothers probably had the same mother as the woman but not the same father.
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# made me keeper of the vineyards
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"made me take care of the vineyards"
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# but my own vineyard I have not kept
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The woman compares herself to a vineyard. AT: "but I have not been able to take care of myself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tent]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kedar]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/curtain]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/solomon]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/angry]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vineyard]] |