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Text -- The Song of Songs 5:1-7 (NET)
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5:1 The Lover to His Beloved: I have entered my garden , O my sister , my bride ; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice . I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey ; I have drunk my wine and my milk ! The Poet to the Couple: Eat , friends , and drink ! Drink freely , O lovers !
The Trials of Love: The Beloved’s Dream of Losing Her Lover
5:2 The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep , but my mind was dreaming . Listen ! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: “Open for me, my sister , my darling , my dove , my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew , my hair with the dampness of the night .”
5:3 The Beloved to Her Lover: “I have already taken off my robe – must I put it on again? I have already washed my feet – must I soil them again?”
5:4 My lover thrust his hand through the hole , and my feelings were stirred for him.
5:5 I arose to open for my beloved ; my hands dripped with myrrh – my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock .
5:6 I opened for my beloved , but my lover had already turned and gone away . I fell into despair when he departed . I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.
5:7 The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city . They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak , those watchmen on the walls !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Personification |
Song |
Fellowship |
Lovers |
Myrrh |
Church |
Milk |
Watchman |
DRESS |
DEFILE; DEFILEMENT |
Bowels |
SPICE, SPICES |
Lock |
Washing |
BATH; BATHING |
BEARD |
BOLT |
Food |
VEIL (1) |
HONEY |
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NET Notes: Sos 5:1 The physical love between the couple is compared to eating and drinking at a wedding feast. This is an appropriate figure of comparison because it wou...
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NET Notes: Sos 5:2 The three-fold repetition of the verb פָּתַח (patakh, “to open”) (Song 5:2, 5, 6) indicates that it is...
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NET Notes: Sos 5:4 The exact meaning of this Hebrew verb is uncertain. The exact connotation of the verb הָמוּ (hamu) in 5:4 is debated. Th...
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