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In 6:2-3 the woman speaks to herself.
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# My beloved has gone down to his garden
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"garden" refers to the woman. The man is finally able to fully enjoy the woman as they make love. See Song of Songs 5:1.
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# beds of spices
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gardens or parts of gardens where people grow spices. See Song of Songs 5:13.
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# to graze in the garden and to gather lilies
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This refers to the man enjoying her body.
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# graze
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"feeds" or "eats grass." See how you translated "he grazes" in Song of Songs 2:16.
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# to gather lilies
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"to pick lilies". Sweet-smelling flowers that grow in places where there is much water. |