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Verse Song of Solomon 1:5. _I_ AM _BLACK, BUT COMELY_] This is
literally true of many of the Asiatic women; though _black_ or
_brown_, they are exquisitely beautiful. Many of the Egyptian women
are st...
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This section is made by the Targumist and other Jewish interpreters to
adumbrate the condition of Israel in the wilderness; by some Christian
expositors, that of the Gentile Church on her first conver...
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ANNOTATIONS
SONG OF SONGS
In studying this Love Song the primary application to the remnant of
Israel must not be lost sight of. It is to be kept in mind that we are
on Jewish ground and that the pe...
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SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1. Superscription by the collector or a later editor
describing the whole book as the noblest or the most beautiful of
Solomon's songs (1 Kings 4:32).
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2. A brief...
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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
So...
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Here the Shulammite, under the inquisitive glances of the court
ladies, who probably desire to see whether they have in any degree
accomplished their purpose of rousing her admiration for the king,
re...
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I AM BLACK, BUT COMELY— The word שׁחורה _shechorah,_ rendered
_black,_ signifies brown, swarthy, or dark-complexioned, and denotes
such a duskiness as that of the morning, when some little light begin...
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TEXT 1:5, 6
APPEAL
5
Black am I, yet comely, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of
Kedar, as the hangings of Solomon. Look not on me because I am black,
because the sun has scorched me.
6
My...
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I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of
Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
BLACK ... AS THE TENTS OF KEDAR - from the root kaadar, to be black
(). She draws the image...
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THE ARDENT AFFECTION OF THE LOVERS
2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers....
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HOW TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART
SONG OF SONGS
_COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS. TRANSLATION: MARK KIRKPATRICK_
ABOUT THE SONG OF SONGS
The Song of Songs is a poem about love. The main speakers are a...
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AS THE TENTS OF KEDAR — _i.e., Dark as the Kedareen tents of black
goats’ hair, beautiful as the royal pavilions with their rich
hangings._ For a similar style of parallelism, comp. Isaiah 15:3 :
“On...
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שְׁחֹורָ֤ה אֲנִי֙ וְֽ נָאוָ֔ה
בְּנֹ֖ות יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כְּ אָהֳלֵ֣י
קֵדָ֔ר כִּ ירִיעֹ֖ות שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃...
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TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of
Solomon 3:1; Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon 5:1
THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A country maiden has
just been...
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No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The
question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture.
While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may
b...
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I [am] (f) black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the
tents of (g) Kedar, as the (h) curtains of Solomon.
(f) The Church confesses her spots and sin, but has confidence in the
favour of C...
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_Altered. Hebrew, "looked upon me," (Protestants) or "darted his rays
at me." (Montanus) (Haydock) --- The Church of the Gentiles was quite
disfigured before Christ chose it. Persecutors afterwards st...
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I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of
Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
There is a very great beauty in this verse, considered as to the view
the Church had of herself...
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Chapter 1 presents in the most clear and simple manner the assurance
of the full enjoyment of blessing; but still, though affection be
there, all is more characterised by desire than by peace. And aft...
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I [AM] BLACK, BUT COMELY, O YE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM,.... The church
having obtained of Christ, what she wanted, turns to the daughters of
Jerusalem, the same perhaps with the virgins her companions;...
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_I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents
of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon._
Ver. 5. _I am black, but comely._] Heb., Black as the morning, or day
dawning, which hath l...
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Song 1:5. "As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." Kedar
was a place where shepherds used to seat their tents and feed their
flocks, a noted place for shepherds, as you may see, Isaiah 60:...
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_I am black_ I confess, as to myself, I am contemptible and deformed.
She alludes to the complexion of Pharaoh's daughter; _but comely_ Yet
I am _glorious within, Psalms 45:13_; and comely, through th...
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THE SONG OF SOLOMON CHAPTER 1.
The Church's Longing for Christ....
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2-6 The church, or rather the believer, speaks here in the character
of the spouse of the King, the Messiah. The kisses of his mouth mean
those assurances of pardon with which believers are favoured,...
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I AM BLACK. It might be objected, Who art thou, that thou shouldst
have or pretend to such a royal Bridegroom, and such honours and
favours? To this the church answers, I confess, as to myself and
out...
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Song of Solomon 1:5 dark H7838 lovely H5000 daughters H1323 Jerusalem
H3389 tents H168 Kedar H6938 curtains H3407 Solomon H8010
black - Isaiah 53:2; Matthew 10:25; 1 Corinthians 4:10-13; 1 John 3:1
c...
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SECTION 1.
The First Assignation of The Lovers (Song of Solomon 1:2 to Song of
Solomon 2:7).
In this first section a young Northern maiden is thinking about the
handsome young shepherd king, Solomon...
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SONG OF SONG OF SOLOMON 1
I. Though written very possibly by Solomon with reference to the
daughter of Pharaoh, this Song seems evidently to have had a deep
symbolical meaning from the very beginning...
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Now, concerning our love to him, let us read a few verses of the Song
of Solomon, first chapter. You have been introduced to the Beloved,
red with his own blood, but never so lovely as in his passion....
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CONTENTS: The Bride and Bridegroom in joyful communion.
CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church).
CONCLUSION: Those who are full of Christ earnestly desire the
manifestations of His love to their...
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Song of Solomon 1:1. _The Song of songs, which is Solomon's._ Here our
version varies from the Hebrew. The particle prefixed to the noun
Solomon is rendered in the genitive, instead of the dative case...
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_I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem._
THE CHURCH’S BLACKNESS
I. The church of God and Christians, whilst they are here, are in an
imperfect state. There is a mixture of some light a...
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SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2 The Lovers Yearn for Each Other. The two main
characters, apparently betrothed, are introduced as they sing of their
desire for each other. On the difference between betrothal and...
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NOTES
Song of Solomon 1:6. _Look not upon me because I am black, because the
sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me;
they made me keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard...
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EXPOSITION
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1
THE SONG OF SONGS, WHICH IS SOLOMON'S. This is certainly the title of
the book which follows, although in our present Hebrew Bible it is the
first verse of the book pre...
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Tonight we want to look at the Song of Songs which is Solomon's. By
the title it indicates that Solomon felt that this was the finest of
the one thousand and five songs that he wrote. This is the exce...
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1 Corinthians 4:10; 1 John 3:1; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 5:26;
Ezekiel 16:14; Galatians 4:26; Isaiah 53:2; Isaiah 61:10; Luke 13:34;...
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Black — I confess, as to myself, I am contemptible and deformed. She
alludes to the complexion of Pharaoh's daughter. Comely — Yet I am
glorious within, and comely through the beauty which my husband...