1. Cantique des Cantiques 8:2 (NEG79)
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What is the spiced wine and juice of her pomegranate that the woman would give him to drink?

Cantique des Cantiques 8:2 (NEG79)

2 Je veux te conduire, t'amener à la maison de ma mère; Tu me donneras tes instructions, Et je te ferai boire du vin parfumé, Du moût de mes grenades.

The spiced wine that she will give him reminds us of the best wine in Song of Solomon 7:9 and is now also called the juice of my pomegranates. Her pomegranates (probably a reference to her breasts) are not just in bloom, as in Song of Solomon 6:11 and Song of Solomon 7:12, but have budded and borne fruit, which now becomes the source of his intoxicating refreshment.

There is an element of newness about this sexual encounter (see Song of Solomon 7:13), yet at the same time, it represents the fulfilment of desires that have existed since the beginning of the Song.1