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Song of Solomon 1:2
Let Him kiss me with the kisses, with one of the kisses, of His mouth; for Thy love is better than wine, that is, sweeter and more pleasant in every way.
Let Him kiss me with the kisses, with one of the kisses, of His mouth; for Thy love is better than wine, that is, sweeter and more pleasant in every way.
Verse Song of Solomon 1:2. _LET HIM KISS ME, C._] She speaks of the bridegroom in the _third_ person, to testify her own _modesty_, and to show him the greater _respect_. _THY LOVE_ IS _BETTER THAN...
the prologue. - The Song commences with two stanzas in praise of the king (now absent) by a chorus of virgins belonging to the royal household. Expositors, Jewish and Christian, interpret the whole as...
ANNOTATIONS SONG OF SONGS In studying this Love Song the primary application to the remnant of Israel must not be lost sight of. It is to be kept in mind that we are on Jewish ground and that the per...
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1. Superscription by the collector or a later editor describing the whole book as the noblest or the most beautiful of Solomon's songs (1 Kings 4:32). SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2. A b
LET HIM KISS ME. Oh for. kiss. HIM: i.e. the Shulamite's beloved, the shepherd, from whom she has been taken by Solomon. THY LOVE IS. thy endearments [are]. Hebrew. _dodim._ Only here, verses: Song o...
_Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth_ It may be doubted whether this is spoken by the Shulammite of her absent lover, or by one of the ladies of the court, of Solomon, In favour of the former...
LET HIM KISS ME WITH THE KISSES OF HIS MOUTH— The Hebrew idiom delights in redundancies of this kind; so in Psalms 17:10. _With their mouth they speak:_ Psalms 66:17. _I cried with my mouth:_ and in c...
TEXT 1:2-4 _FIRST SCENEThe King's Palace_ SHULAMMITE: SOLILOQUY 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for thy love is better than wine. 3 Thine oils leave a goodly fragrance; thy name...
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. LET HIM - abruptly. She names him not, as is natural to one whose heart is full of some much-desired friend: so Mary...
1:2 love (b-13) Heb. 'loves.' so ver. 4; chs. 4.10; 7.12. It is the same word as that used in the singular for the 'beloved,' ver. 13, &c., whence also the name _ David_ ....
LOVE] The original has 'loves,' i.e. expressions of love, repeated kisses and embraces....
THE ARDENT AFFECTION OF THE LOVERS 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers....
This young woman likes Solomon very much. Her emotions feel very strong. In fact, she probably thinks that she loves him. But her attitudes are not yet mature. She wants the excitement of friendship w...
HOW TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART SONG OF SONGS _COMMENTARY: KEITH SIMONS. TRANSLATION: MARK KIRKPATRICK_ ABOUT THE SONG OF SONGS The Song of Songs is a poem about love. The main speakers are a...
The couple continue their happy conversation. But the subject changes. The couple talk about special plants that grow among wild plants. A beautiful wild flower could grow among *thorns. A fruit tree...
LOVE. — Marg., _loves, i.e.,_ caresses or kisses, as the parallelism shows. The LXX., followed by the Vulg., read _breasts_ (probably _dadaï_ instead of _dôdaï_)_,_ the origin of many fanciful interpr...
יִשָּׁקֵ֨נִי֙ מִ נְּשִׁיקֹ֣ות פִּ֔יהוּ כִּֽי ־טֹובִ֥ים...
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture. While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may b...
Let (a) him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine. (a) This is spoken in the person of the Church, or of the faithful soul inflamed with the desire of Christ, whom...
_Ointments. The bosom used to be perfumed. (Atheneus xv. 5., and xv. 14.) --- Thy name. Thou thyself. The preaching of the gospel produced a wonderful change in the world, 2 Corinthians ii. 15. (Calme...
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Thus the song, opens: and there can be no hesitation to discover the singer, namely, the Church. It is she which begins...
Chapter 1 presents in the most clear and simple manner the assurance of the full enjoyment of blessing; but still, though affection be there, all is more characterised by desire than by peace. And aft...
LET HIM KISS ME WITH THE KISSES OF HIS MOUTH,.... That is, Solomon; Christ, the antitype of Solomon, the church's beloved; or it is a relative without an antecedent, which was only in her own mind, "l...
_Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love [is] better than wine._ Ver. 2. _Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth._] It must be premised and remembered that this book is _peni...
_Let him kiss me_ The beginning is abrupt; but is suitable to, and usual in, writings of this nature, wherein things are not related in a historical and exquisite order, but that which was first done...
THY LOVE: _ Heb._ thy loves...
2-6 The church, or rather the believer, speaks here in the character of the spouse of the King, the Messiah. The kisses of his mouth mean those assurances of pardon with which believers are favoured,...
LET HIM KISS ME WITH THE KISSES OF HIS MOUTH. The beginning of this book is abrupt, and may seem disorderly; but is very suitable to and usual in writings of this nature, wherein things are not relate...
Song of Solomon 1:2 kiss H5401 (H8799) kisses H5390 love H1730 better H2896 wine H3196 him -...
SECTION 1. The First Assignation of The Lovers (Song of Solomon 1:2 to Song of Solomon 2:7). In this first section a young Northern maiden is thinking about the handsome young shepherd king, Solomon,...
_ “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth.” “For your love is better than wine. Your oils have a goodly fragrance. Your name is as oil poured forth. That is why the virgins love you. Draw me. We...
SONG OF SONG OF SOLOMON 1 I. Though written very possibly by Solomon with reference to the daughter of Pharaoh, this Song seems evidently to have had a deep symbolical meaning from the very beginning....
Now, concerning our love to him, let us read a few verses of the Song of Solomon, first chapter. You have been introduced to the Beloved, red with his own blood, but never so lovely as in his passion....
Song of Solomon 1:1. _The song of songs, which is Solomon's. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as...
We will this evening read in the one Book of the Bible which is wholly given up to fellowship; I allude to the Book of Canticles. This Book stands like the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and...
CONTENTS: The Bride and Bridegroom in joyful communion. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Those who are full of Christ earnestly desire the manifestations of His love to their...
Song of Solomon 1:1. _The Song of songs, which is Solomon's._ Here our version varies from the Hebrew. The particle prefixed to the noun Solomon is rendered in the genitive, instead of the dative case...
_Let Him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth: for Thy love is better than wine._ COMMUNION WITH CHRIST 1. Such as have the least taste of Christ’s love, are impatient and restless in their desires a...
SONG OF SOLOMON 1:2 The Lovers Yearn for Each Other. The two main characters, apparently betrothed, are introduced as they sing of their desire for each other. On the difference between betrothal and...
PART FIRST The Meeting of the Betrothed CHAPTER Song of Solomon 1:2, TO CHAPTER Song of Solomon 2:7 SCENE FIRST. PLACE: _The Palace of Jerusalem_. SPEAKERS: _Shulamite, or the Bride; and the Daughter...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1 THE SONG OF SONGS, WHICH IS SOLOMON'S. This is certainly the title of the book which follows, although in our present Hebrew Bible it is the first verse of the book pre...
Tonight we want to look at the Song of Songs which is Solomon's. By the title it indicates that Solomon felt that this was the finest of the one thousand and five songs that he wrote. This is the exce...
1 Peter 5:14; Acts 21:7; Genesis 27:26; Genesis 27:27; Genesis 29:11;...
Let him — The beginning is abrupt; but is suitable to, and usual in writing of this nature, wherein things are not related in an historical and exquisite order, but that which was first done is brough...
Why do so many people who claim to interpret the Bible literally, spiritualize the Song of Solomon? PROBLEM: Evangelical Christians defend the literal interpretation of the Bible. They insist that it...