1. Song of Solomon 1:2 (ESV)
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What kind of love is mentioned here?

Song of Solomon 1:2 (ESV)

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;

The Hebrew word dodim, translated as love, is not referring to love in the abstract, but the act of lovemaking.1 She longs not just for love, but sexual love. She longs not just for procreation, but passionate sex with her beloved.

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