Song of Solomon 4:12 meaning and explanation

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Song of Solomon 4:12, Berean Standard Bible

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In this wedding song the groom speaks to his bride, calling her "my sister, my bride," a term of tender closeness rather than literal kinship. His words follow a long description of her beauty, and here he turns to images of a garden, a spring and a fountain.

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