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IV. THE MATURING PROCESS 5:2--8:4 >
C. The Wife's Initiative 7:11-13
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Secure in her love the Shulammite now felt free to initiate sex directly rather than indirectly as earlier (cf. 1:2a, 2:6). The references to spring suggest the freshness and vigor of love. Mandrakes were fruits that resembled small apples and were traditionally aphrodisiacs (cf. Gen. 30:14-16).
