I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. Song of Solomon 5:1 Answer to her prayer, while she is still speaking. I A... [ Continue Reading ]
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. I SLEEP, BUT MY HEART WAKETH ... (SAYING), OPEN TO ME. Sudden change of scene from ev... [ Continue Reading ]
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? I HAVE PUT OFF MY COAT - trivial excuses (Luke 14:18). Dislike of the trouble of rising: as in Luke 11:7. COAT - Hebrew, kutaanªtiy (H3801), rather, the inmost vest, worn both by men and women, the m... [ Continue Reading ]
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. PUT IN HIS HAND BY THE HOLE. A key in the East is usually a piece of wood with pegs in it, corresponding to small holes in a wooden bolt within, and is put through a hole in the door, and thus draws the bolt. So... [ Continue Reading ]
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. DROPPED WITH MYRRH - the best proof a bride could give her lover of welcome was to anoint herself (the back of the hands especially, as being the coolest part... [ Continue Reading ]
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. WITHDRAWN. He knocked when she, was sleeping; for to have left her then would have ended in the death sleep; H... [ Continue Reading ]
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. WATCHMEN. Historically, the Jewish priests, etc. (see the note at ); spiritually, ministers (; ), faithful in 'smiting' (), but (as she leaves them, ) too harsh; or... [ Continue Reading ]
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM. She turns from the unsympathizing watchmen to humbler persons, not yet themselves knowing Him, but in the way toward it. The proud scribes answer to the harsh "watchme... [ Continue Reading ]
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? WHAT (IS) THY BELOVED MORE THAN (ANOTHER) BELOVED? Her own beauty, through the Lord's comeliness put upon her, so that her 'renown went forth amo... [ Continue Reading ]
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. MY BELOVED IS WHITE AND RUDDY. The believer is 'ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh a reason of the hope that is in him with meekness and fear' (1 Peter 3:15). WHITE AND RUDDY - health and beauty. So David, i:e.... [ Continue Reading ]
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. HEAD ... GOLD - the Godhead of Jesus Christ, as distinguished from His heel, i:e., manhood, which was "bruised" by Satan; both together being one Christ, "the head of every man." Also His sovereignty; as Nebuchadnezzar... [ Continue Reading ]
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. AS THE EYES OF DOVES - rather, as doves (). BY THE RIVERS OF WATERS, WASHED WITH MILK - bathing in "the rivers;" combining in their "silver" feathers the whiteness of milk with the sparkling brightness... [ Continue Reading ]
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. CHEEKS, [ lªchaayaaw (H3895), from laahah, or luwach (H3871), juicy, fresh, verdant. It is in the cheeks that it is seen whether the body is full of fresh vigour or not] - the seat of Beauty... [ Continue Reading ]
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. RINGS SET WITH ... BERYL - Hebrew, Tarshish; so called from the city Tartessus. It answers to the ancient chrysolite, gold in colour, our topaz, one of the stones on the high priests breastplate,... [ Continue Reading ]
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. PILLARS - strength and steadfastness. Contrast man's "legs" (). Allusion to the temple pillars, Jachin (He shall establish) and Boaz (in it is strength) (1 Kings 5:8; ), the ... [ Continue Reading ]
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. HIS MOUTH IS MOST SWEET - literally, 'His palate is sweetnesses; yea, all over lovelinesses;' i:e., He is the essence of these qualities. "Mouth;" so : not the same as "lip... [ Continue Reading ]