1. Song of Solomon 7:3 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does The man describe the woman's breasts as twin fawns?

Song of Solomon 7:3 (ESV)

3 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

This metaphor is another repetition from his praise song in Song of Solomon 4:5. By comparing her breasts to twin fawns he is praising the symmetry and tenderness of her breasts, but also their representing fertility.

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