a chariot: or, a bed, Appiryon:, rendered by Montanus, sponsarum ithalamum:, "a nuptial bed;" but probably it denotes a kind of palanquin, perhaps synonymous with the Arabic farfar:, a species of vehicle for women.
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Song of Solomon 3:9
Song of Solomon 3:9
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