SONG OF SONGS, WHICH IS SOLOMON'S. Hebrew title _Shir Hashshirim_. Song of Songs. In the Septuagint it is _Asma Asmaton,_ and in the Vulgate it is _Canticum Canticorum,_ all with the same meaning. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), meaning the most beautiful or excellent song. It belongs to the... [ Continue Reading ]
LET HIM KISS ME. Oh for. kiss. HIM: i.e. the Shulamite's beloved, the shepherd, from whom she has been taken by Solomon. THY LOVE IS. thy endearments [are]. Hebrew. _dodim._ Only here, verses: Song of Solomon 1:4; Song of Solomon 1:10; Song of Solomon 1:10, and Song of Solomon 7:12. A man is addre... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE OF THE SAVOUR. Sweet is the odour. THY NAME. thou (emph.) Name put for the person. See note on Psalms 20:1. VIRGINS. damsels. Hebrew. _'alamoth,_ not _bethuloth_ (virgins).... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAW ME, &C.. Draw me after thee, let us flee together! RUN AFTER. run to any one for refuge. THE KING. This explains the circumstances described on p. 921. CHAMBERS. inner apartments. REMEMBER. praise. THE UPRIGHT LOVE THEE. upright ones have loved thee.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLACK. swarthy (feminine) DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM: i.e. the ladies of Solomon's court. KEDAR. dark. All Kedar's tents were black. AS. Supply the Ellipsis (App-6), "[but comely] as the curtains of Solomon". Required by the _Alternation:_ a| swarthy. _a_. as Kedar's tents. b| comely. _b_. as Solomon... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOK NOT UPON ME. Look not down on: i.e. regard me not. Compare 1 Chronicles 17:17; Psalms 106:44. THE SUN HATH LOOKED. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_ (App-6), to emphasize the cause of her swarthiness. CHILDREN. sons: i.e. her brothers are referred to as speaking as in Song of Solomon 2:15, and... [ Continue Reading ]
TELL ME, &C. Again soliloquizing. See Structure above. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. FEEDEST. shepherdest. This cannot refer to Solomon! REST. lie down. TURNETH ASIDE. strayeth, or wandereth. BY. to, or among.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THOU, &C. Answer of the court-ladies: ironical.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE, &C. Solomon now speaks to her. MY LOVE. my friend, or one beloved. Hebrew. _ra'yah._ Feminine here, Song of Solomon 1:15; Song of Solomon 2:2; Song of Solomon 2:10; Song of Solomon 2:13; Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon 4:7; Song of Solomon 6:4. a comp [ Continue Reading ]
BORDERS. bead-rows.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILE THE KING SITTETH, &C. Solomon's advances fail; for, to his flattery she opposes her unabated love for her shepherd lover, with whom she has an interview in Song of Solomon 1:12 Song of Solomon 2:7. SITTETH. Supply "was". MY SPIKENARD: i.e. her shepherd lover. SENDETH. sent.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUNDLE. little bag. MY WELLBELOVED. Masculine, showing of, and to whom she is speaking. HE SHALL LIE. it (i.e. the bag of myrrh) will lodge.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY BELOVED. Masculine. Same word as "well-beloved" in Song of Solomon 1:13. CAMPHIRE. henna, or cypress flowers.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY LOVE. Here it is Feminine, showing that the shepherd lover is replying to his betrothed. See note on Song of Solomon 1:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY BELOVED. Here it is Masculine. The Shulamite speaks again. BED. couch. GREEN. verdant.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEAMS OF OUR HOUSE. our bower. CEDAR. cedar arches. RAFTERS. retreat. FIR. cypress roof.... [ Continue Reading ]