Bible Commentary

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? 9. What is thy beloved more than another beloved ] This is the reply of the daughters of Jerusalem. The A.V. gives the meaning correctly enough, but there … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 5:9”

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I [am] sick of love. 8. I charge you ] Better, I adjure you, if ye find my beloved, what shall ye say unto him? That I am sick of love. The connexion here is difficult. The Shulammite’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 5:8”

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. 7. In this dream all goes ill with her, in comparison with the former dream (Son 3:1 ff.). Oettli suggests that this is due to the anxious state of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 5:7”

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone: my soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. 6. had withdrawn himself ] Lit. had turned away. This disappointment is just such as comes in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 5:6”

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. 5. and my hands dropped &c.] Rather, while my hands dropped myrrh. sweet smelling myrrh ] Heb. mr ‘bhr, lit. flowing myrrh, is that which flows out from … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 5:5”

My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], and my bowels were moved for him. 4. by the hole of the door] Lit. from the hole, i.e. the hole usually to be found in doors. This was not an opening through which the hand was inserted to unbolt the door, but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 5:4”

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? 3. As all commentators remark, the reasons for not opening the door are of a very trifling kind, and such as are insurmountable only in dreams. my coat ] or tunic, a garment, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 5:3”

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. 2. I sleep, but my heart waketh ] This clause states the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 5:2”

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. Ch. Son 5:1. The great question regarding this verse is how the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 5:1”

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. 16. It is doubtful whether this whole verse is spoken by the Shulammite, or the latter clause only, her lover being still the speaker … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:16”