3. The bride's love 4:9-11

In these verses Solomon evidently praised his bride for giving herself wholly to him as he had asked.

4:9 "Sister"was evidently an affectionate term for wife (cf. vv. 10, 12; 5:1-2; Tobit 7:16; 8:4, 7).

4:10 Again the word translated "love"means physical expressions of love (cf. 1:2). Her "oils"were her perfumes.

4:11 Milk and honey not only connote sweet delicacies but also the blessings of God (cf. Exod. 3:8). Lebanon was fragrant because of the many cedar trees that covered its hills.

". . . it is probably better to understand that the sweetness of the passionate kiss is in view."⁶⁷