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13 Your ·limbs [L shoots; C a botanical term either referring to the woman’s legs or her genital organs] are like an orchard
    of pomegranates with all the best fruit,
filled with ·flowers [henna; 1:14] and nard,
14 nard and saffron [C spicy floral scent], calamus [C woody odor], and cinnamon,
    with trees of incense, myrrh [C aromatic gum from tree bark], and aloes [C a fragrant wood]
    all the best spices.
15 You are like a garden fountain—
    a well of ·fresh [L living] water
·flowing [streaming] down from the mountains of Lebanon.

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13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates(A)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna(B) and nard,
14     nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,(C)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh(D) and aloes(E)
    and all the finest spices.(F)
15 You are[a] a garden(G) fountain,(H)
    a well of flowing water
    streaming down from Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 4:15 Or I am (spoken by She)