Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. 5. two young roes, &c.] two fawns that are twins of a gazelle. which feed among the lilies ] pasturing among the lilies. Probably the comparison is meant to be limited merely to the twin fawns, and the feeding … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:4
Thy neck [is] like the tower of David built for an armory, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 4. for an armoury ] lthalpiyy th. This rendering of a very difficult word follows the Talmud, which takes it to be a compound of tal, a form of the const. of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:3
Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech [is] comely: thy temples [are] like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 3. like a thread of scarlet ] i.e. she has thin red lips. The word for ‘red’ here is shn =‘cochineal.’ In Arabic its name is qirmiz, hence our word … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:2
Thy teeth [are] like a flock [of sheep that are even] shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none [is] barren among them. 2. The A.V. has supplied a great deal in the first clause, and has diverted the comparison thereby from the whiteness to the evenness of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:1
Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. 1. my love ] my friend. thou hast doves’ eyes ] thine eyes are (as) doves. Cp. Son 1:15. within thy locks ] from behind … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 4:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:11
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. 11. the day of his espousals ] Either this day, or another, so that the meaning may be either that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:11”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:10
He made the pillars thereof [of] silver, the bottom thereof [of] gold, the covering of it [of] purple, the midst thereof being paved [with] love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. 10. the pillars thereof ] The supports of the canopy or roof. the bottom thereof ] Rather, the back, that upon which one leans. Cp. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:10”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:9
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. 9. In this verse we have a continuation of the spectator’s or warder’s call to those who are looking out at the royal cavalcade from the house or palace where the Shulammite is. The speaker must be conceived as uttering an aside to those … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:9”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:8
They all hold swords, [being] expert in war: every man [hath] his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. 8. They all hold swords ] This is a circumstantial and descriptive clause, and their holding swords is not meant to be explained by expert in war, as the insertion of ‘being’ in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:7
Behold his bed, which [is] Solomon’s; threescore valiant men [are] about it, of the valiant of Israel. 7. Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s ] This is an answer to the question of the last verse, “Who or what is this which cometh up,” &c. It should be, Behold, it is Solomon’s palanquin, and it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 3:7”