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4:1 The Lover to His Beloved: Oh <02005>, you are beautiful <03303>, my darling <07474>! Oh <02005>, you are beautiful <03303>! Your eyes <05869> behind <01157> your veil <06777> are like doves <03123>. Your hair <08181> is like a flock <05739> of female goats <05795> descending <01570> from Mount <02022> Gilead <01568>. 4:2 Your teeth <08127> are like a flock <05739> of newly-shorn <07094> sheep coming up <05927> from <04480> the washing <07367> place; each of them <03605> has a twin <08382>, and not one <0369> of them is missing <07909>. 4:3 Your lips <08193> are like a scarlet <08144> thread <02339>; your mouth <04057> is lovely <05000>. Your forehead <07541> behind <01157> your veil <06777> is like a slice <06400> of pomegranate <07416>. 4:4 Your neck <06677> is like the tower <04026> of David <01732> built <01129> with courses of stones <08530>; one thousand <0505> shields <04043> are hung <08518> on <05921> it– all <03605> shields <07982> of valiant warriors <01368>. 4:5 Your two <08147> breasts <07699> are like two <08147> fawns <06082>, twins <08380> of the gazelle <06646> grazing <07462> among the lilies <07799>. 4:6 Until <05704> the dawn <03117> arrives <06315> and the shadows <06752> flee <05127>, I will go up <01980> to <0413> the mountain <02022> of myrrh <04753>, and to <0413> the hill <01389> of frankincense <03828>. 4:7 You are altogether <03605> beautiful <03303>, my darling <07474>! There is no <0369> blemish <03971> in you! 4:8 Come with <0854> me from Lebanon <03844>, my bride <03618>, come <0935> with <0854> me from Lebanon <03844>. Descend <07789> from the crest <07218> of Amana <0549>, from the top <07218> of Senir <08149>, the summit of Hermon <02768>, from the lions <0738>’ dens <04585> and the mountain <02042> haunts of the leopards <05246>. 4:9 You have stolen my heart <03823>, my sister <0269>, my bride <03618>! You have stolen my heart <03823> with one <0259> glance of your eyes <05869>, with one <0259> jewel of your necklace <06677> <06060>. 4:10 How <04100> delightful <03302> is your love <01730>, my sister <0269>, my bride <03618>! How <04100> much better <02895> is your love <01730> than wine <03196>; the fragrance <07381> of your perfume <08081> is better than any <03605> spice <01314>! 4:11 Your lips <08193> drip <05197> sweetness like the honeycomb <05317>, my bride <03618>, honey <01706> and milk <02461> are under <08478> your tongue <03956>. The fragrance <07381> of your garments <08008> is like the fragrance <07381> of Lebanon <03844>. 4:12 The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked <05274> garden <01588>, my sister <0269>, my bride <03618>; you are an enclosed <05274> spring <01530>, a sealed-up <02856> fountain <04599>. 4:13 Your shoots <07973> are a royal garden <06508> full of pomegranates <07416> with <05973> choice <04022> fruits <06529>: henna <03724> with <05973> nard <05373>, 4:14 nard <05373> and saffron <03750>; calamus <07070> and cinnamon <07076> with <05973> every kind <03605> of spice <03828> <06086>, myrrh <04753> and aloes <0174> with <05973> all <03605> the finest <07218> spices <01314>. 4:15 You are a garden <01588> spring <04599>, a well <0875> of fresh <02416> water <04325> flowing down <05140> from <04480> Lebanon <03844>. 4:16 The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake <05782>, O north <06828> wind; come <0935>, O south wind <08486>! Blow <06315> on my garden <01588> so that its fragrant spices <01314> may send out <05140> their sweet smell. May my beloved <01730> come <0935> into his garden <01588> and eat <0398> its delightful <04022> fruit <06529>!

• Sos 4:1-7 -- The Wedding Night: Praise of the Bride
• Sos 4:8-11 -- The Wedding Night: Beautiful as Lebanon
• Sos 4:12--5:1 -- The Wedding Night: The Delightful Garden

• Personification

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

• 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:...
  

• 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...
  

• Bridegroom

  [nave] BRIDEGROOM Ornaments of, Isa. 61:10. Exempt from military duty, Deut. 24:5. Companions of, Judg. 14:11. Joy with, Matt. 9:14; Mark 2:19, 20; Luke 5:34, 35. Parable of, Matt. 25:1-13. Song of, Song 4:7-16. Figurative E...
  

• GARDEN

  [isbe] GARDEN - gar'-d'-n (gan, gannah, ginnah; kepos): The Arabic jannah (diminutive, jannainah), like the Hebrew gannah, literally, "a covered or hidden place," denotes in the mind of the dweller in the East something more than t...
  [smith] Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted with various trees and shrubs. From the allusions in the Bible we learn that they were surrounded by hedges of thorn, (Isaia...
  

• Spikenard

  [isbe] SPIKENARD - spik'-nard (nerd; nardos (Song 1:12; 4:14); neradhim; nardoi (Song 4:13), "spikenard plants"; nardos pistike (Mk 14:3; Jn 12:3), "pure nard," margin "liquid nard"; the English word is for "spiked nard," which com...
  [smith] (Heb. nerd) is mentioned twice in the Old Testament viz. in (Solomon 1:12; 4:13,14) The ointment with which our Lord was anointed as he sat at meat in Simon?s house at Bethany consisted of this precious substance, the costlin...
  [nave] SPIKENARD An aromatic plant, Song 4:13, 14. Perfume prepared from, Song 1:12. A fragrant oil from, used in anointing, Mark 14:3; John 12:3.
  

• 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 ...
  

• Myrrh

  [isbe] MYRRH - mur: (1) (mor or mowr; Arabic murr]): This substance is mentioned as valuable for its perfume (Ps 45:8; Prov 7:17; Song 3:6; 4:14), and as one of the constituents of the holy incense (Ex 30:23; see also Song 4:6; 5:1...
  [nave] MYRRH, a fragrant gum. A product of the land of Canaan, Song 4:6, 14; 5:1. One of the compounds in the sacred anointing oil, Ex. 30:23. Used as a perfume, Esth. 2:12; Psa. 45:8; Prov. 7:17; Song 3:6; 5:13. Brought by wise ...
  

• Leopard

  [isbe] LEOPARD - lep'-erd ((1) namer (Song 4:8; Isa 11:6; Jer 5:6; 13:23; Hos 13:7; Hab 1:8); compare Arabic nimr, "leopard." (2) Chaldaic nemar (Dan 7:6). (3) pardalis (Rev 13:2; Ecclesiasticus 28:23); compare nimrim Nimrim (Isa 1...
  [smith] (Heb. namer) is invariably given by the Authorized Version as the translation of the Hebrew word, which occurs in the seven following passages: (Solomon 4:8; Isaiah 11:6; Jeremiah 5:6; 13:23; Daniel 7:6; Hosea 13:7); Habb 1:8...
  [nave] LEOPARD A carnivorous animal, Song 4:8. Fierceness of, Jer. 5:6; 13:23; Hos. 13:7; Hab. 1:8. Figurative Dan. 7:6. Taming of, the triumph of the gospel, Isa. 11:6.
  

• HAIR

  [isbe] HAIR - har (se`ar, sa`ar, Aramaic se`ar, and their derivatives; thrix, gen. case trichos, kome): 1. Hair Fashions: Hair was worn in different fashions by the Orientals of Biblical times, and not always in the same way among ...
  [smith] The Hebrews were fully alive to the importance of the hair as an element of personal beauty. Long hair was admired in the case of young men. (2 Samuel 14:26) In times of affliction the hair was altogether cut off. (Isaiah ...
  

• Lebanon

  [isbe] LEBANON - leb'-a-non (lebanon; Septuagint Libanos; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Libanus): 1. Name: Derived from the root labhen, "to be white," probably from the snow which covers its summits the greater part...
  [smith] a mountain range in the north of Palestine. The name Lebanon signifies white, and was applied either on account of snow which, during a great part of the year, cover its whole summit, or on account of the white color of its l...
  [nave] LEBANON A mountain range. Northern boundary of the land of Canaan, Deut. 1:7; 3:25; 11:24; Josh. 1:4; 9:1. Early inhabitants of, Judg. 3:3. Snow of, Jer. 18:14. Streams of, Song 4:15. Cedars of, Judg. 9:15; 2 Kin. 19:23;...
  

• Amana

  [isbe] AMANA - a-ma'-na, ('amanah): A mountain mentioned in Song 4:8 along with Lebanon, Senir and Hermon. The name probably means the "firm," or "constant." "From the top of Amana" is mistranslated by the Septuagint apo arches pis...
  [smith] (a covenant), apparently a mountain in or near Lebanon. (Solomon 4:8) It is commonly assumed that this is the mountain in which the river Abana, (2 Kings 5:12) has its source.
  [nave] AMANA, a mountain mentioned in Song 4:8.
  

• POMEGRANATE

  [isbe] POMEGRANATE - pom'-gran-at, pom-gran'-at, pum'-gran-at (rimmon (tree and fruit); the Hebrew name is similar to the Arabic, Aramaic and Ethiopic; rhoa): 1. A Tree Characteristic of Palestine: One of the most attractive and mo...
  

• Shenir

  [isbe] SHENIR - she'-ner (senir, shenir): Only found in Song 4:8 (Massoretic Text). See SENIR.
  [nave] SHENIR, called also Senir. Amorite name of Mount Hermon, Deut. 3:9; 1 Chr. 5:23; Song 4:8; Ezek. 27:5.
  

• Honey

  [isbe] HONEY - hun'-i (debhash; meli): One familiar with life in Palestine will recognize in debhash the Arabic dibs, which is the usual term for a sweet syrup made by boiling down the juice of grapes, raisins, carob beans, or date...
  [nave] HONEY. Ex. 16:31; 2 Sam. 17:29; Prov. 25:27; Song 4:11; Isa. 7:15; Matt. 3:4; Luke 24:42. Not to be offered with sacrifices, Lev. 2:11. Found in rocks, Deut. 32:13; Psa. 81:16; upon the ground, 1 Sam. 14:25. Samson's rid...
  

• LILY

  [isbe] LILY - lil'-i (shushan (1 Ki 7:19), shoshannah (2 Ch 4:5; Song 2:1 f; Hos 14:5); plural (Song 2:16; 4:5; 5:13; 6:2 f; 7:2; Ecclesiasticus 39:14; 50:8); krinon (Mt 6:28; Lk 12:27)): The Hebrew is probably a loan word from the...
  [smith] (Heb. shushan, shoshannah). Although there is little doubt that the Hebrew word denotes some plant of the lily species, it is by no means certain what individual of this class it specially designates. The plant must have been...
  

• Camphire

  [smith] There can be no doubt that "camphire" is the Lawsonia alba of botanists, the henna of Arabian naturalists. The henna plant grows in Egypt, Syria, Arabia and northern India. The flowers are white and grow in clusters, and are ...
  [nave] CAMPHIRE, a shrub bearing fragrant flowers, not related to camphor, Song 1:14; 4:13.
  

• Armory

  [isbe] ARMORY - ar'-mer-i: (1) ('otsar; thesauros): A storehouse (1 Ki 7:51; Neh 10:38), but employed figuratively of the stored-up anger of Yahweh which breaks forth in judgments (Jer 50:25). (2) (nesheq): Identical with Solomon's...
  [nave] ARMORY A place for the storage of armor, Neh. 3:19; Song 4:4; Isa. 22:8; 39:2. In different parts of the kingdom, 1 Kin. 10:17; 2 Chr. 11:12. See: Jerusalem. Figurative Jer. 50:25.
  

• Goat

  [isbe] GOAT - got: 1. Names: The common generic word for "goat" is `ez (compare Arabic `anz, "she-goat"; aix), used often for "she-goat" (Gen 15:9; Nu 15:27), also with gedhi, "kid," as gedhi `izzim, "kid of the goats" (Gen 38:17),...
  [nave] GOAT Designated as one of the clean animals to be eaten, Deut. 14:4, with Lev. 11:1-8. Used for food, Gen. 27:9; 1 Sam. 16:20; for the paschal feast, Ex. 12:5; 2 Chr. 35:7; as a sacrifice by Abraham, Gen. 15:9; by Gideon, J...
  

• VEIL

  [smith] With regard to the use of the veil, it is important to observe that it was by no means so general in ancient as in modern times. Much of the scrupulousness in respect of the use of the veil dates from the promulgation of the ...
  

• Song of Songs

  

• [Sos 4:16] Christ Hath A Garden

  We are a garden walled around, Chosen and made peculiar ground; A little spot enclosed by grace Out of the world’s wide wilderness. Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand, Planted by God the Father’s hand; And all His springs in Zion flow, To make the young plantation grow. Awake, O, heav’nly wind! and come, Blow on this garden of perfume; Spirit divine! descend and breathe A gracious gale on plants beneath. Make our best spices flow abroad, To entertain our Savior God And faith, and love, and joy appear, And every grace be active here. Let my Belovèd come and taste His pleasant fruits at His own feast: “I come, My spouse, I come!” He cries, With love and pleasure in His eyes. Our Lord into His garden comes, Well pleased to smell our poor perfumes, And calls us to a feast divine, Sweeter than honey, milk, or wine. “Eat of the tree of life, My friends, The blessings that My Father sends; Your taste shall all My dainties prove, And drink abundance of My love.” Jesus, we will frequent Thy board, And sing the bounties of our Lord; But the rich food on which we live Demands more praise than tongues can give.

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• [Sos 4:16] O Holy Ghost, Thy People Bless

  O Holy Ghost, Thy people bless Who long to feel Thy might, And fain would grow in holiness As children of the light. To Thee we bring, who art the Lord, Ourselves to be Thy throne; Let every thought and deed and word Thy pure dominion own. Life giving Spirit, o’er us move, As on the formless deep; Give life and order, light and love, Where now is death or sleep. Great Gift of our ascended King, His saving truth reveal; Our tongues inspire His praise to sing, Our hearts His love to feel. True Wind of Heav’n, from south or north, For joy or chastening, blow; The garden spices shall spring forth If Thou wilt bid them flow. O Holy Ghost, of sevenfold might, All graces come from Thee; Grant us to know and serve aright One God in Persons Three.

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