Song 2:16-17 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Song 2:16-3:5: 2:16–3:5 In the dramatic view, the woman has already been separated from her lover and is horrified by the notion that she will not see him soon. One night, her worries drive her from bed to search frantically for him; she finds him and takes him to see her mother. Summary for Song 2:16-17: 2:16-17 He browses ... like a gazelle: The woman has so identified her lover with the strength and speed of a gazelle that she portrays his delay as grazing in the country. • Alternatively, the lover, in the guise of a gazelle, grazes among the lilies that possibly represent the woman, suggesting the intimate association of the couple. The woman is often likened to a garden (see also 4:12 , 15-16 ; 5:1 ; 6:2 ). • return to me: Her longing to see him in the evening is intensifying by the hour.

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‏ Song of Solomon 2:16-17

Summary for Song 2:16-3:5: 2:16–3:5 ^a In the dramatic view, the woman has already been separated from her lover and is horrified by the notion that she will not see him soon. One night, her worries drive her from bed to search frantically for him; she finds him and takes him to see her mother.
Summary for Song 2:16-17: 2:16-17 ^b He browses ... like a gazelle: The woman has so identified her lover with the strength and speed of a gazelle that she portrays his delay as grazing in the country.

• Alternatively, the lover, in the guise of a gazelle, grazes among the lilies that possibly represent the woman, suggesting the intimate association of the couple. The woman is often likened to a garden (see also 4:12 ^c, 15-16 ^d; 5:1 ^e; 6:2 ^f).

• return to me: Her longing to see him in the evening is intensifying by the hour.