Song 4:12 | TNotes | STEP | 4:12 private garden ... secluded spring ... hidden fountain (literally locked garden ... locked spring ... sealed fountain ): This affirmation of her purity and virginity accentuates his exclusive and privileged position (see Prov 5:15 for similar imagery). The images of spring and fountain evoke thoughts of the most intimate parts of a woman’s body.

bProv 5:15►

‏ Song of Solomon 4:12

4:12 ^a private garden ... secluded spring ... hidden fountain (literally locked garden ... locked spring ... sealed fountain): This affirmation of her purity and virginity accentuates his exclusive and privileged position (see Prov 5:15 ^b for similar imagery). The images of spring and fountain evoke thoughts of the most intimate parts of a woman’s body.