Song 7:13 | TNotes | STEP | 7:13 Mandrakes (Hebrew duda’im ) were a Middle Eastern aphrodisiac (see Gen 30:14-16 ); the roots of the plant resemble a human torso. The word is a play on my lover (Hebrew dodi ). • at our door: All sexual pleasures are available to them now, and she will share with him the delights she has saved for him alone. • new ... old: She has in mind the sexual expressions they have already experienced, and new ones as well.

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‏ Song of Solomon 7:13

7:13 ^a Mandrakes (Hebrew duda’im) were a Middle Eastern aphrodisiac (see Gen 30:14-16 ^b); the roots of the plant resemble a human torso. The word is a play on my lover (Hebrew dodi).

• at our door: All sexual pleasures are available to them now, and she will share with him the delights she has saved for him alone.

• new ... old: She has in mind the sexual expressions they have already experienced, and new ones as well.