Song of Solomon 2:5 meaning and explanation

Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

Song of Solomon 2:5, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the young woman, the Shulammite, in the midst of a love poem that ancient Israel associated with Solomon. Overwhelmed by the intensity of her love and the nearness of her beloved, she calls for raisin cakes and apples, foods that sustain and revive.

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