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# water from your own cistern ... running water from your own well
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The writer speaks of a man sleeping only with his wife as if he drank water only from his own cistern or well. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# running water
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The writer speaks of fresh or flowing water as if the water were running. Alternate translation: "fresh water" or "flowing water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])