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Verse 15. _A FOUNTAIN OF GARDENS_] Perhaps גנים _gannim_,
"gardens," was originally ציים _chaiyim_, "lives," a _living_
_fountain_, a _continual spring_. See _Houbigant_. But this is
expressed afterw...
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The loveliness and purity of the bride are now set forth under the
image of a paradise or garden fast barred against intruders, filled
with rarest plants of excellent fragrance, and watered by abundan...
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CHAPTER 4
The King, the Bridegroom speaks of her, who is “perfect through His
comeliness put upon thee” Ezekiel 16:14. He tells out all she is in
His sight and loving estimation. He has called her fro...
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SONG OF SOLOMON 4:13 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1. THE BRIDE AS A GARDEN.
The charms of the bride are now described under the figure of the
fruits of the garden.
Song of Solomon 4:16
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A FOUNTAIN. [With]. fountain.
FOUNTAIN OF GARDENS. a garden-fountain, without which no garden was
complete.
LET MY BELOVED. The Shulamite speaks in response, with the eloquent
brevity of her overwro...
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_a fountain of gardens_, &c. Some take these words as vocatives, but
more probably _thou art_is to be understood as in R.V. Budde would
read -my garden" (_gannî_) for -gardens" (_gannîm_), and would
t...
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These verses are a further comparison of the bride in her beauty to a
garden in its splendour of colour and its fertility, but a garden shut
or closed to all but its lawful owner. The reference is to...
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Song of Solomon 4:8 Chap. Song of Solomon 5:1. A true Lover's Pleading
With Song of Solomon 4:8 a new song, representing another scene,
begins. In it the peasant lover of the Shulammite comes to b
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A FOUNTAIN OF GARDENS, &C.— Houbigant reads it, _A living fountain,
a fountain of living waters, flowing as it were from Lebanon._...
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TEXT 4:8 to Song of Solomon 5:1
_SECOND MEETING (Jerusalem_); Prolepsis, Song of Solomon 4:8 to Song
of Solomon 5:1
(Chronologically coming between...
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DESCRIPTION OF HER CHARMS. HER INVITATION
1-7. This short poem belongs to the class which the Arabs call wasf,
in which the bride's charms are described: they are sung while she is
being dressed, or...
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The 'flowing' (RV) STREAMS, etc., reminds us of the many streams which
run into the sea between Tyre and Beyrout....
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A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE
SONG OF SONGS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 4
THE MAN
V1 My *dear, you are so beautiful!
Oh, you are beautiful!...
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In fact, the woman did not come from Lebanon. So Solomon uses another
description. Solomon had great knowledge about plants (1 Kings 4:33).
He knew about plants with beautiful smells from many countri...
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מַעְיַ֣ן גַּנִּ֔ים בְּאֵ֖ר מַ֣יִם
חַיִּ֑ים וְ...
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TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of
Solomon 3:1; Song of So
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III. The Actual Betrothal (Song of Solomon 3:6; Song of Solomon 4:1)
1. The Singer Song of Solomon 3:6). The Coming of Solomon.
2. Solomon...
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(h) A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from
Lebanon.
(h) The Church confesses that all her glory and beauty comes from
Christ who is the true fountain of all grace....
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_Libanus. The law of the gospel was proclaimed by the apostles, who
were Jews. They explained the pure doctrine of the Scriptures, and
converted many._...
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A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from
Lebanon.
Here it should seem the Church takes up the discourse, and having
heard her Lord thus enlarging upon the graces, which she wel...
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And now, chapter 4, He declares all that she is in His sight, although
she has been in the lion's den. From thence He calls her, all fair and
without spot in His eyes; His heart expressing His delight...
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A FOUNTAIN OF GARDENS, A WELL OF LIVING WATERS, AND STREAMS FROM
LEBANON. Some c take these words to be the words of Christ continued,
speaking still of his church, and explaining and enlarging upon w...
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A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from
Lebanon.
Ver. 15. _A fountain of gardens, a well, &c._] Or, O fountain of the
gardens, &c. For they do best in mine opinion that make...
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_A well of living waters_ Though my spouse be in some sort a fountain
shut up, yet that is not so to be understood as if she kept her waters
to herself, for she is like a fountain of living or running...
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a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, fed by inexhaustible
springs, AND STREAMS FROM LEBANON, fed by its perpetual snows, cool
and refreshing. The bride, wrought up to the highest pitch of
e...
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THE RAVISHING LOVE OF THE CHURCH...
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8-15 Observe the gracious call Christ gives to the church. It is, 1.
A precept; so this is Christ's call to his church to come off from the
world. These hills seem pleasant, but there are in them lio...
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These are the words either,
1. Of the bride, who returns this answer to the Bridegroom. Thou
callest me a fountain, but in truth thou only art that fountain from
whence I derive all my streams of com...
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Song of Solomon 4:15 fountain H4599 gardens H1588 well H875 living
H2416 waters H4325 streams H5140 (H8802) Lebanon...
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The BRIDEGROOM now delights in the fact that his bride is his, and his
alone.
_ “A garden enclosed is my sister, my bride, A spring shut up, a
fountain sealed. Your shoots are an orchard of pomegrana...
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This is a chapter which is, perhaps, more adapted for private
meditation than for rending in public. Nevertheless, as this is a
communion season, and I trust that the most of us are partakers of the
l...
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CONTENTS: The Bridegroom commends the beauty of the Bride and delights
in her affection.
CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church).
CONCLUSION: Whatever others think of the Bride of Christ, she is...
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Song of Solomon 4:8. _Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse._ This
endearing appellative occurs here for the first time. This summerhouse
of Solomon was built in the forest of Lebanon, and was intended...
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_A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from
Lebanon._
THE CHURCH A GARDEN
Again and again the Church is represented as a garden, all up and down
the Word of God, and it is a fi...
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SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 4:15 The comparison to a
GARDEN FOUNTAIN is extended to indicate the refreshing quality of the
woman’s sexuality....
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NOTES
Song of Solomon 4:9. _Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my
spouse: thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one
chain of thy neck_. ‘Thou hast ravished my heart’
(לִבַּבְתּ...
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EXPOSITION
SONG OF SOLOMON 4:1
BEHOLD, THOU ART FAIR, MY LOVE; BEHOLD, THOU ART FAIR; THINE EYES ARE
AS DOVES BEHIND THY VEIL; THINE HAIR IS AS A FLOCK OF GOATS, THAT LIE
ALONG THE SIDE OF MOUNT GILE...
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And now the bridegroom speaks.
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast
doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that
appear from mount Gilead. Thy teeth...
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Ecclesiastes 2:6; Jeremiah 17:13; Jeremiah 18:13; Jeremiah 18:14;...
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Living water — Though my spouse be in some sort a fountain shut up,
yet that is not so to be understood as if she kept her waters to
herself, for she is like a fountain of living or running water, whi...