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6:1 The Maidens to the Beloved: Where <0575> has your beloved <01730> gone <01980>, O most beautiful <03303> among women <0802>? Where <0575> has your beloved <01730> turned <06437>? Tell us, that we may seek <01245> him with <05973> you. 6:2 The Beloved <01730> to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down <03381> to his garden <01588>, to the flowerbeds <06170> of balsam spices <01314>, to graze <07462> in the gardens <01588>, and to gather <03950> lilies <07799>. 6:3 The Beloved about Her Lover: I <0589> am my lover’s <01730> and my lover <01730> is mine; he grazes <07462> among the lilies <07799>. 6:4 The Lover to His Beloved: My darling <07474>, you <0859> are as beautiful <03303> as Tirzah <08656>, as lovely <05000> as Jerusalem <03389>, as awe-inspiring <0366> as bannered <01713> armies! 6:5 Turn <05437> your eyes <05869> away <05437> from <05048> me– they <01992> overwhelm <07292> me! Your hair <08181> is like a flock <05739> of goats <05795> descending <01570> from <04480> Mount Gilead <01568>. 6:6 Your teeth <08127> are like a flock <05739> of sheep <07353> coming up <05927> from <04480> the washing <07367>; each <03605> has its twin <08382>; not one <0369> of them is missing <07909>. 6:7 Like a slice <06400> of pomegranate <07416> is your forehead <07541> behind <01157> your veil <06777>. 6:8 There <01992> may be sixty <08346> queens <04436>, and eighty <08084> concubines <06370>, and young women <05959> without <0369> number <04557>. 6:9 But she <01931> is unique <0259>! My dove <03123>, my perfect one <08535>! She <01931> is the special <0259> daughter of her mother <0517>, she <01931> is the favorite <01249> of the one who bore <03205> her. The maidens <01323> saw <07200> her and complimented <0833> her; the queens <04436> and concubines <06370> praised <01984> her: 6:10 “Who <04310> is this <02063> who appears <08259> like <03644> the dawn <07837>? Beautiful <03303> as the moon <03842>, bright <01249> as the sun <02535>, awe-inspiring <0366> as the stars in procession <01713>?” 6:11 The Lover to His Beloved: I went down <03381> to <0413> the orchard <01594> of walnut trees <093>, to look <07200> for the blossoms <03> of the valley <05158>, to see <07200> if the vines <01612> had budded <05132> or if the pomegranates <07416> were in bloom <06524>.

• Sos 6:1-2 -- The Lost Lover Found
• Sos 6:3 -- Poetic Refrain: Mutual Possession
• Sos 6:4-10 -- The Renewal of Love
• Sos 6:11-12 -- The Return to the Vineyards

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Lovers

  [nave] LOVERS. Instances of Isaac for Rebekah, Gen. 24:67. Jacob for Rachel, Gen. 29:20, 30. Shechem for Dinah, Gen. 34:3, 12. Boaz for Ruth, Ruth 2-4. of romance, mistresses, paramours Song 1:13, 14, 16; 2:3, 8, 9, 10, 16, 1...
  

• NUTS

  [isbe] NUTS - nuts: (1) ('eghoz; karua; Arabic jauz, "the walnut" (Song 6:11)): This is certainly the walnut tree, Juglans regia, a native of Persia and the Himalayas which flourishes under favorable conditions in all parts of Pale...
  [smith] are mentioned among the good things of the things which the sons of Israel were to take as a present to Joseph in Egypt. (Genesis 43:11) There can scarcely be a doubt that the Hebrew word, here denotes the fruit of the pistac...
  

• Standard

  [nave] STANDARD An ensign used by each of the tribes of Israel in camp and march, Num. 1:52; 2:2. Baers used as, Psa. 20:5; Song 6:4, 10. Used in war, Jer. 4:21. Used to direct the route to fortified cities, Jer. 4:6; to call at...
  

• 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...
  

• Tirzah

  [isbe] TIRZAH - tur'-za (tirtsah; Thersa): (1) A royal city of the Canaanites, the king of which was slain by Joshua (12:24). It superseded Shechem as capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Ki 14:17, etc.), and itself gave place in tur...
  [nave] TIRZAH 1. A daughter of Zelophehad, Num. 26:33; 36:11; Josh. 17:3. Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of, Num. 27:1-11; 36; Josh. 17:3, 4. 2. A city of Canaan. Captured by Joshua, Josh. 12:24. Becomes the re...
  

• SONG OF SONGS

  [isbe] SONG OF SONGS - (shir hashirim; Septuagint Asma; Codices Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus, Ephraemi, Asma asmaton; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) Canticum Canticorum): I. CANONICITY II. TEXT III. AUTHORSHIP AND DATE IV...
  

• Gilead

  [nave] GILEAD 1. A region E. of the Jordan allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half tribe of Manasseh, Num. 32:1-30; Deut. 3:13; 34:1; 2 Kin. 10:33. Reubenites expel the Hagarites from, 1 Chr. 5:9, 10, 18-22. Ammonites m...
  

• Goat

  [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...
  

• Grape

  [nave] GRAPE Cultivated in vineyards, by Noah, Gen. 9:20; the Canaanites, Num. 13:24; Deut. 6:11; Josh. 24:13; Edomites, Num. 20:17; Amorites, Num. 21:22; Isa. 16:8, 9; Philistines, Judg. 15:5. Grown, at Abel, Judg. 11:33; Baal-ha...
  

• EWE

  [isbe] EWE - u (rachel, `ul, seh, "a female sheep"): Rachel (compare pr. note Rachel, and Arabic rachala, "to migrate") is the ordinary Hebrew word for ewe, but is translated "sheep," though with clear indication of sex in context,...
  

• Church

  [nave] CHURCH, the collective body of believers. Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics Called in the O.T., The Congregation, Ex. 12:3, 6, 19, 47; 16:1, 2, 9, 10, 22; Lev. 4:13, 15; 10:17; 24:14. Called in the N.T., Church, Matt. 16:18; ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Baer

  [nave] BAER. Figurative Psa. 20:5; 60:4; Song 2:4; 6:4; Isa. 13:2. See: Ensign; Standard.
  

• Jerusalem

  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• COMELINESS; COMELY

  [isbe] COMELINESS; COMELY - kum'-li-nes, kum'-li: Cognate with "becoming," namely, what is suitable, graceful, handsome. The servant of Yahweh in Isa 53:2 is without "comeliness" (hadhar, "honor"), i.e. there is in his appearance n...
  

• Song of Songs

  

• [Sos 6:10] Fairest Lord Jesus

  Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature, O Thou of God and man the Son, Thee will I cherish, Thee will I honor, Thou, my soul’s glory, joy and crown. Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands, Robed in the blooming garb of spring; Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, Who makes the woeful heart to sing. Fair is the sunshine, Fairer still the moonlight, And all the twinkling starry host; Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer Than all the angels heaven can boast. All fairest beauty, heavenly and earthly, Wondrously, Jesus, is found in Thee; None can be nearer, fairer or dearer, Than Thou, my Savior, art to me. Beautiful Savior! Lord of all the nations! Son of God and Son of Man! Glory and honor, praise, adoration, Now and forever more be Thine. Beautiful Savior, King of Creation Son of God and Son of Man! Truly I’d love Thee, truly I’d serve Thee, Light of my soul, my joy, my crown. Fair are the meadows, Fair are the woodlands, Robed in the flowers of blooming spring; Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer, He makes our sorrowing spirit sing. Fair is the sunshine, Fair is the moonlight, Bright the sparkling stars on high; Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer Than all the angels in the sky. Beautiful Savior, Lord of the nations, Son of God and Son of Man! Glory and honor, Praise, adoration Now and forevermore be Thine!

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• [Sos 6:10] O Jesu, Thou The Beauty Art

  O Jesu, Thou the beauty art Of angel worlds above; Thy Name is music to the heart, Enchanting it with love. Celestial sweetness unalloyed! Who eat Thee hunger still: Who drink of Thee still feel a void, Which naught but Thou can fill. O my sweet Jesus! hear the sighs Which unto Thee I send; To Thee mine inmost spirit cries, My being’s hope and end! Stay with us, Lord, and with Thy light Illume the soul’s abyss; Scatter the darkness of our night, And fill the world with bliss. O Jesu! spotless virgin-flower! Our life and joy! To Thee Be praise, beatitude, and power Through all eternity.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

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