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Love’s Meeting

11 W(A) To the walnut grove[a] I went down,
    to see the young growth of the valley;
To see if the vines were in bloom,
    if the pomegranates had blossomed.
12 Before I knew it, my desire had made me
    the blessed one of the prince’s people.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 6:11 Walnut grove: also a site of activity in a wedding hymn of the Syrian moon goddess Nikkal (cf. the woman compared to the moon in v. 10).
  2. 6:12 The text is obscure in Hebrew and in the ancient versions. The Vulgate reads: “I did not know; my soul disturbed me because of the chariots of Aminadab.” Based on a parallel in Jgs 5:24, “chariots” is here emended to “blessed one.”

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11 I went down to the grove of nut trees
    to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
    or the pomegranates were in bloom.(A)
12 Before I realized it,
    my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 6:12 Or among the chariots of Amminadab; or among the chariots of the people of the prince