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1:12 The Beloved about Her Lover: While <05704> the king <04428> was at his banqueting table <04524>, my nard <05373> gave <05414> forth its fragrance <07381>. 1:13 My beloved <01730> is like a fragrant pouch <06872> of myrrh <04753> spending the night <03885> between <0996> my breasts <07699>. 1:14 My beloved <01730> is like a cluster <0811> of henna <03724> blossoms in the vineyards <03754> of En-Gedi <05872>. 1:15 The Lover to His Beloved: Oh <02005>, how beautiful <03303> you are, my beloved <07474>! Oh <02005>, how beautiful <03303> you are! Your eyes <05869> are like doves <03123>! 1:16 The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how <02005> handsome <03303> you are, my lover <01730>! Oh, how delightful <05273> you are! The lush foliage <07488> is our canopied bed <06210>; 1:17 the cedars <0730> are the beams <06982> of our bedroom chamber <01004>; the pines <01266> are the rafters <07351> of our bedroom.

• Sos 1:15-17 -- Mutual Praise and Admiration

• TABLE

  [isbe] TABLE - "Table" is derived from the Latin tabula, meaning primarily "a board," but with a great variety of other significances, of which "writing-tablet" is the most important for the Biblical use of "table." So in English "...
  

• Song

  [nave] SONG Sung at the passover, Matt. 26:30; Mark 14:26. Didactic, Deut. 32. See: Psalms, Didactic. Impersonation of the church, Song 1-8. Of Moses and the Lamb, Rev. 15:3, 4. New, Psa. 33:3; 40:3. Prophetic, See: Psalms, P...
  

• SPICE, SPICES

  [smith] Heb. basam, besem or bosem . In (Solomon 5:1) "I have gathered my myrrh with my spice," the word points apparently to some definite substance. In the other places, with the exception perhaps of (Solomon 1:13; 6:2) the words ...
  

• RAFTER

  [isbe] RAFTER - raf'-ter (Song 1:17). See GALLERY; HOUSE.
  

• Personification

  [nave] PERSONIFICATION Of wisdom, Prov. 1; 2:1-9; 8; 9. possibly of the Church or Israel, Song 1-8.
  

• PALESTINE, 3

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 3 - IV. Palestine in the Poetic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Job: In Job the scene is distinctively Edomite. Uz (Job 1:1; compare Gen 22:21 the English Revised Version; Jer 25:20; Lam 4:21) and Buz (Job ...
  

• HENNA

  [isbe] HENNA - hen'-a (Song 1:14; 4:13): An aromatic plant.
  

• GALLERY

  [smith] an architectural term describing the porticos or verandas which are not uncommon in eastern houses. It is doubtful, however, whether the Hebrew words so translated have any reference to such an object. (According to the lates...
  

• Fellowship

  [nave] FELLOWSHIP. Eccl. 4:9-12; Amos 3:3 See: Fraternity; Fellowship. With God Gen. 5:22, 24; Gen. 6:9; Ex. 29:45; Ex. 33:14-17; Lev. 26:12; Isa. 57:15; Zech. 2:10; Mark 9:37; John 14:23; John 17:21, 23; 2 Cor. 6:16; 2 Cor. 13:...
  

• FIR; FIR-TREE

  [isbe] FIR; FIR-TREE - fur, (the Revised Version, margin "cypress"; berosh, 2 Sam 6:5; 1 Ki 5:8,10, etc.; (berothem (plural only), an Aramaic form, Song 1:17): 1. Old Testament References: This tree was one of the chief trees of Le...
  

• ENGEDI OR ENGEDI

  [smith] (fount of the kid), a town in the wilderness of Judah, (Joshua 15:62) on the western shore of the Dead Sea. (Ezekiel 47:10) Its original name was Hazezon-tamar, on account of the palm groves which surrounded it. (2 Chronic...
  

• DOVE

  [isbe] DOVE - duv (tor, yonah; peristera; Latin Zenaedura carolinensis): A bird of the family Columbidae. Doves and pigeons are so closely related as to be spoken and written of as synonymous, yet there is a distinction recognized ...
  [smith] The first menton of this bird occurs in Gen. 8. The dove?s rapidity of flight is alluded to in (Psalms 55:6) the beauty of its plumage in (Psalms 68:13) its dwelling int he rocks and valleys in (Jeremiah 48:28) and Ezek 7:16 ...
  

• DEAD SEA, THE

  [isbe] DEAD SEA, THE - || I. PRESENT AREA II. FORMER ENLARGEMENT III. LEVEL OF THE DEAD SEA IN EARLY HISTORIC TIMES IV. CONSTITUTION OF THE WATER V. CLIMATE VI. ROADS VII. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 1. The Plain of the Jordan 2. Ain Jidi ...
  

• COLOR; COLORS

  [isbe] COLOR; COLORS - kul'-er, kul'-erz: The word translated "color" in the King James Version is `ayin, which literally means "eye" or "appearance," and has been so translated in the Revised Version (British and American). In the...
  

• CLUSTER

  [isbe] CLUSTER - klus'-ter: (1) 'eshkol; compare proper name VALE OF ESHCOL. (which see), from root meaning "to bind together." A cluster or bunch of grapes (Gen 40:10; Nu 13:23; Isa 65:8; Song 7:8; Mic 7:1, etc.); a cluster of hen...
  

• CEDAR

  [isbe] CEDAR - se'-dar, se'-der ('erez, from Hebrew root meaning "to be firm"; kedros): The 'erez was in almost all the Old Testament references the true cedar, Cedrus libani, but the name may have been applied in a loose way to al...
  

• BUNDLE

  [isbe] BUNDLE - bun'-d'-l: Represents in English Versions of the Bible the words tseror, from a verb meaning "cramp" "bind," etc. (Gen 42:35; 1 Sam 25:29; Song 1:13); tsebheth, from a verb probably meaning "to grasp" (Ruth 2:16); a...
  

• BELOVED

  [isbe] BELOVED - be-luv'-ed, be-luv'-d' (agapetos): A term of affectionate endearment common to both Testaments; in the Old Testament found, 26 out of 42 times, in Solomon's Song of Love. Limited chiefly to two Heb words and their ...
  

• BED; BEDCHAMBER; BEDSTEAD

  [isbe] BED; BEDCHAMBER; BEDSTEAD - For the very poor of the East, in ancient times as now, the "bed" was and is, as a rule, the bare ground; and the bedclothes, the gown, simlah, or "outer garment," worn during the day ("For that i...
  

• BEAM

  [isbe] BEAM - bem: The word is used to translate various Old Testament terms: (1) gebh (1 Ki 6:9), tsela`, "a rib" (1 Ki 7:3), qurah (2 Ch 3:7; 34:11; Song 1:17), all refer to constructional beams used in buildings for roofing and ...
  

• Song of Songs

  

• [Sos 1:14] As The Bridegroom To His Chosen

  As the bridegroom to his chosen, As the king unto his realm, As keep unto the castle, As the pilot to the helm, So, Lord, art Thou to me. As the fountain in the garden, As the candle in the dark, As the treasure in the coffer, As the manna in the ark, So, Lord, art Thou to me. As the ruby in the setting, As the honey in the comb, As the light within the lantern, As the father in the home, So, Lord, art Thou to me. As the sunshine in the heavens, As the image in the glass, As the fruits upon the fig tree, As the dew upon the grass, So, Lord, art Thou to me.

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