diff --git a/sng/04/01.md b/sng/04/01.md index e49316e0b1..ca8dd6123f 100644 --- a/sng/04/01.md +++ b/sng/04/01.md @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] +# General Information: + +Throughout the book, it is not always clear who is speaking or who they are speaking to. We have notes telling who some scholars think the speakers are. In 4:1-15 the man speaks to the woman. + # Your eyes are doves One possibility is that the man is speaking of the woman's white eyeballs or the shape of her eyes, the shape of a dove. Another possibility is that the Israelites considered doves to be gentle and soft birds, and the man considers the woman's eyes beautiful because the way the woman looks at him makes him think she is gentle. See how you translated this in [Song of Songs 1:15](../01/15.md). Alternate translation: "You are very gentle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])