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Verse 11. _I WENT DOWN INTO THE GARDEN OF NUTS_] I believe this and
the following verse refer at least to the preparations for a farther
consummation of the marriage, or examination of the advancemen...
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The bride’s words may be paraphrased: “You speak of me as a
glorious beauty; I was lately but a simple maiden engaged in rustic
toils. I went down one day into the walnut-garden” (the walnut
abounded...
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CHAPTER 6
The description of Her Beloved was addressed to the daughters of
Jerusalem. Their answer is recorded in the beginning of this chapter.
Her outburst of praise, her glowing testimony of Him,...
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It is very difficult to explain, as they now stand, the relation of
these verses to the context and each other. It is possible that Song
of Solomon 6:10 is misplaced, and that it may have stood as an...
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I WENT DOWN. The Shulamite explains that she went down to the
nut-garden quite innocently, and with no design on her part....
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Song of Solomon 6:4-13. The King fascinated
Here we have a renewed assault by Solomon. Just after the
Shulammite's impassioned claim to belong wholly to her lover her royal
persecutor returns, and bu...
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_nuts_ Heb. _"ěghôz_, a word found here only in the O.T., Arab.
_gawz_, Syr. _gauzo_, Pers. _djaus_, dialectically _aghuz_. Probably
it is borrowed from the Persian, like _pardçs_. It is properly the...
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The bride speaks here. According to Oettli, the words of the court
ladies were spoken on the fatal day when Solomon first saw her. This
carries her back to that time, and ignoring Solomon's pleadings...
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I WENT DOWN INTO THE GARDEN OF NUTS— The nut-tree is a plant which
delights in a cold climate, and therefore must have been valued as a
rare and curious exotic in Palestine. Josephus speaks of it as a...
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TEXT 6:11-13
_Shulammite_, Song of Solomon 6:11-13
11.
I went down into the garden of nuts,
To see the green plants of the valley.
To see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flow...
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I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley,
and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
GARDEN OF NUTS. The bride's words; for she everywhere is th...
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A DIALOGUE. HER LOVELINESS
10-13. A dialogue between these ladies and her. They compare her to
the dawn, stooping down to look on the earth from the sky. It is still
common in Arabic poems to address...
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A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE
SONG OF SONGS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 6
THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM
V1 Where has your lover gone,
most beautiful among women?...
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Solomon wants to check whether it is spring again. The couple often
considered that spring would be the right time for their marriage
(2:7, 2:10-13). Solomon often used *pomegranates as a description...
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(11-13) I WENT DOWN INTO THE GARDEN... — For a discussion on this
obscure passage in its entirety, see _Excursus_ III.
(11) NUTS. — Heb. _egôz;_ only here. (Comp. Arabic _ghaus_ = the
walnut, which i...
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אֶל ־גִּנַּ֤ת אֱגֹוז֙ יָרַ֔דְתִּי לִ
רְאֹ֖ות...
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MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS
THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text.
It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical
significance of the words employed, tho...
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2. Solomon (Song of Solomon 6:4; Song of Solomon 7:1). His Musing.
(a) Description of the Shulamite (Song of Solomon 6:4 a).
(b) Effect on the Virgins of the Vision of Her ...
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_Aminadab. The devil, (Theodoret) or probably some renowned general.
Aquila explains it "of the people's leader," (Calmet) or "munificent
one." (Montanus) --- I knew not what forced me to flee with su...
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I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley,
and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
Some refer these words to the church in seeking after Christ;...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7.
And this experience makes her understand through grace another aspect
of her relationship, proving a real progress in the intelligence of
grace and c...
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I WENT DOWN INTO THE GARDEN OF NUTS,.... This is very properly taken
notice of in this song of love; it being usual for newly married
persons to get nuts, and throw them among children, to make pastim...
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_I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley,
[and] to see whether the vine flourished, [and] the pomegranates
budded._
Ver. 11. _I went down into the garden of nuts._] Or, Nu...
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_I went down_ When I went away from thee. These are the words of the
bridegroom; _to see the fruits of the valley_ Which, being low, and
well watered, is very fruitful. _To see_, &c. What beginnings o...
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I went down into the garden of nuts, the beautiful park of the King,
TO SEE THE FRUITS OF THE VALLEY, or "to inspect the shrubs of the
valley," AND TO SEE WHETHER THE VINE FLOURISHED AND THE POMEGRANA...
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Christ's Love Toward the Church.
The King's wonderful description of the bride's beauty causes the
"daughters of Jerusalem" to call out in admiration:...
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11-13 In retirement and in meditation the Christian character is
formed and perfected. But not in the retirement of the idle, the
self-indulgent, or the trifler. When the Christian is released from
t...
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I WENT DOWN, to wit, when I went away from thee. So this is an account
of the reason of his former departure from her. Or, _I am come down_
to visit thee, _my garden_, SONG OF SOLOMON 4:12. Either way...
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Song of Solomon 6:11 down H3381 (H8804) garden H1594 nuts H93 see
H7200 (H8800) verdure H3 valley H5158 s
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The YOUNG WIFE describes her restored status.
_ “ I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of
the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were
in flower. Befo...
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SECTION 5.
The Nightmare Is Over And She Is Again With Her Beloved (Song of
Solomon 6:4).
In this brief song the Beloved now describes the beauties of the one
he loves in such a way that the daughter...
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Song of Solomon 6:11
I. The Church is a garden in a valley. This sets forth (1) the nature
of her distinction; (2) the sufficiency of the protection which she
enjoys; (3) the abundance of her supplie...
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CONTENTS: The Bridegroom applauds the beauty of the Bride, preferring
her before all others.
CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church).
CONCLUSION: Christ takes delight in His redeemed and in the w...
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Song of Solomon 6:1. _Whither is thy beloved gone?_ These are words of
the ladies of honour, tenderly interested for their princess in a
moment of anxiety. _That we may seek him with thee._ Thus shoul...
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_I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley._
THE CHURCH, THE GARDEN OF THE LORD
I. The Church is a garden. There are four gardens which may furnish us
with ample materials...
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NOTES
Song of Solomon 6:12. _Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the
chariots of Amminadib_.
The speaker in this and the preceding verse differently understood by
expositors. According to many,...
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EXPOSITION
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:1
WHITHER IS THY BELOVED GONE, O THOU FAIREST AMONG WOMEN? WHITHER HATH
THY BELOVED TURNED HIM, THAT WE MAY SEEK HIM WITH THEE? The dialogue
still continues, possibly bec...
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Now the daughters of Jerusalem respond to her, the chorus sings back.
Where has your beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither or
where is your beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with...
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Acts 15:36; Genesis 2:9; Isaiah 5:2; John 15:16; Luke 13:7;...
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I went — When I went away from thee these are the words of the
bridegroom. Valley — Which being low, and well watered is very
fruitful. To see — What beginnings or appearances there were of good
fruit...