George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Song of Solomon 7:4
Ivory. Preachers communicate the sentiments of the Church, (Calmet) which prevails against the gates of hell. [Matthew xvi. 18.] (Cassiodorus)
Ivory. Preachers communicate the sentiments of the Church, (Calmet) which prevails against the gates of hell. [Matthew xvi. 18.] (Cassiodorus)
Verse Song of Solomon 7:4. _THY NECK - AS A TOWER OF IVORY_] High, white, and ornamented with jewellery, _as the tower of David_ was with _bucklers_. See on Song of Solomon 4:4. _THE FISH - POOLS IN...
A TOWER OF IVORY - The tower of ivory, the allusion being to some particular tower, built probably by Solomon 1 Kings 10:21. FISHPOOLS IN HESHBON - Or, simply pools. Among the ruins to the south of He...
CHAPTER 7 The rapturous outburst in praise of the bride, the saved and glorified remnant of Israel, with which this chapter begins, must not be put into the lips of the bridegroom, the Messiah-King. I...
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:13 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8:4. THE DANCING BRIDE AND THE RAPTURE OF LOVE. This section also is probably composed of different lyrics, though it is difficult to separate them; we have fir...
THE GATE OF BATH-RABBIM. the populous gate....
Song of Solomon 7:1-6. The Praises of the Ladies of the Hareem This song or section contains the praises of the Shulammite by the ladies of the hareem; but the circumstances under which the words are...
_a tower of ivory_ Not a tower entirely built of ivory, but some well-known tower, or kind of tower, adorned with enriching panels or medallions of ivory. Cp. "the ivory palaces," Psalms 45:8, and "th...
THINE EYES LIKE THE FISH-POOLS— The author of the New Translation gives us a true idea of the simile here used: _Thine eyes are_ clear and serene as _the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Beth-rabbim_...
TEXT 7:1-10 _Solomon; Song of Solomon 7:1-9_ (Song of Solomon 7:1-5 may be remarks of women attendants) _Shulammite_ (interrupting the King); Song of Solomon 7:9 b -...
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. NECK ... TOWER OF IVORY. In...
1-6. The _wasf_ begins with a eulogy of her dancing: her steps in sandals (RV) are lovely, and the circling movements of her body are graceful as ornamental chains. In Eastern dancing the twisting and...
Her neck is like a tower of ivory, long, and dazzling white. But what about the swarthiness of Song of Solomon 1:5? The answer is that the exactness and consistency of prose are not to be expected in...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 7 THE MAN V1 You have *sandals on your feet. Your feet are as beautiful as the feet of a prince’s daughter!...
He said that her neck was like a *tower in 4:4. But now he improves his description. It is like the precious substance called *ivory. *Ivory is white. So perhaps the *shields in 4:4 refer to a high co...
FISHPOOLS IN HESHBON. — Literally, _pools._ The Authorised Version follows the Vulg. _piscinœ,_ for which there is no authority. For _Heshbon,_ see Note on Numbers 21:26. The ruins still remain, with...
_[Song of Solomon 7:5]_ צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ כְּ מִגְדַּ֣ל הַ שֵּׁ֑ן
MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed, tho...
2. Solomon (Song of Solomon 6:4; Song of Solomon 7:1). His Musing. (a) Description of the Shulamite (Song of Solomon 6:4 a). (b) Effect on the Virgins of the Vision of Her ...
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. (2) Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth no...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7. And this experience makes her understand through grace another aspect of her relationship, proving a real progress in the intelligence of grace and c...
THY NECK [IS] AS A TOWER OF IVORY,.... Two things recommend the neck, erectness and whiteness; both are here expressed, the one by a "tower", the other by "ivory"; hence a fine beautiful neck is calle...
Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. Ver. 4. _Thy neck is as...
Song 7:4. "Thine eyes are like the fish-pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim." It seems there were two or more noted fish-pools near to the city of Heshbon, the chief city in the country of Mo...
_Thine eyes like the fish-pools_ Full, and clear, and quiet, and pleasant; _in Heshbon_ A pleasant and well-watered city beyond Jordan; _as the tower of Lebanon_ Which was, in all probability, built b...
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory, in whiteness and symmetry; THINE EYES LIKE THE FISH-POOLS IN HESHBON, blue basins mirroring the rays of the sun, BY THE GATE OF BATH-RABBIM, Heshbon itself being calle...
THE VICTORIOUS PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH. The Beauty of the Church's Progress...
1-9 The similitudes here are different from what they were before, and in the original refer to glorious and splendid clothing. Such honour have all his saints; and having put on Christ, they are dis...
THY NECK, of which SEE POOLE ON "SONG OF SOLOMON 4:4", IS AS A TOWER OF IVORY, clear, and smooth, and long, and straight, and erected. THINE EYES, SEE POOLE ON "SONG OF SOLOMON 1:15"; See Poole on ...
Song of Solomon 7:4 neck H6677 ivory H8127 tower H4026 eyes H5869 pools H1295 Heshbon H2809 gate H8179 Rabbim...
SECTION 6. The Restored Couple Rejoice In Each Other (Song of Solomon 7:1 to Song of Solomon 8:4). The restoration of the royal couple is now complete. Their harmony is fully restored, and they can o...
CONTENTS: Further description of the beauties of the Bride. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: The Bride of Christ bears the image of the King of Kings and in the beauty of hol...
Song of Solomon 7:1. _How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, oh prince's daughter!_ We find the term “king's daughter,” in Psalms 45:13. The church has assurance that the Lord her Maker is her husband...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1 This description of the woman’s beauty echoes that of Song of Solomon 4:1 (see her description of the man in...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 7:4 As in Song of Solomon 4:4, the woman’s NECK is likened to a TOWER mad
NOTES Song of Solomon 7:13. _The mandrakes give a smell_. ‘Mandrakes.’ הַדּוּדָיִם _ha-dudhaim;_ plural of דוּדַי a love-apple, from דּוּד to love. So GESENIUS and others. ‘A mandragora (_Atropa mand...
NOTES Song of Solomon 7:5: _The King is held in the galleries_. ‘In the galleries.’ בָּרְהָטִים (_ba-rehatim_), plural of רַהַט, a gutter, rafter, gallery, a hair or ringlet; from רָהַט, an unused roo...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1 HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THY FEET IN SANDALS, O PRINCE'S DAUGHTER! THE JOINTS OF THY THIGHS ARE LIKE JEWELS, THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF A CUNNING WORKMAN. To the ladies who are...
Now the daughters of Jerusalem address themselves to the Shulamite and they say, How beautiful are thy feet with shoes (Song of Solomon 7:1), Or within thy sandals. O prince's daughter! the joints o...
1 Kings 10:18; 1 Kings 10:22; 1 Kings 22:39; 1 Kings 7:2; 1 Kings 9:19
Like fishpools — Full, and clear, and quiet, and pleasant. Heshbon — A pleasant and well watered city, beyond Jordan. The tower — Which was in all probability built by Solomon in the mountain of Leban...