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17 (A)Until the day grows cool[a] and the shadows flee,
    roam, my lover,
Like a gazelle or a young stag
    upon the rugged mountains.

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  1. 2:17 Grows cool: in the evening when the sun is going down. Cf. Gn 3:8. Rugged: Hebrew obscure; some interpret it as a geographical name; others, in the sense of spices (cf. 8:14); still others, of sacrifice (Gn 15:10); the image probably refers here to the woman herself.

17 Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,(A)
turn, my beloved,(B)
    and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag(C)
    on the rugged hills.[a](D)

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  1. Song of Songs 2:17 Or the hills of Bether