Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib, literally, "I knew it not that my soul had made me chariots of my noble people," that the King had displayed her pomp and power before the whole world. But the "daughters of Jerusalem" now clamor to see her beauty,
Verse 12. _THE CHARIOTS OF AMMINADIB._] Probably for their great speed these chariots became proverbial. The passage marks a strong agitation of mind, and something like what we term palpitation of t...
The bride’s words may be paraphrased: “You speak of me as a glorious beauty; I was lately but a simple maiden engaged in rustic toils. I went down one day into the walnut-garden” (the walnut abounded...
CHAPTER 6 The description of Her Beloved was addressed to the daughters of Jerusalem. Their answer is recorded in the beginning of this chapter. Her outburst of praise, her glowing testimony of Him,...
It is very difficult to explain, as they now stand, the relation of these verses to the context and each other. It is possible that Song of Solomon 6:10 is misplaced, and that it may have stood as an...
OR EVER. WAS AWARE. Unwittingly, or. know not [how it was], &c. MY SOUL. I (emph.) Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. MADE ME LIKE. placed me at, or was brought. THE CHARIOTS OF AMMI-NADIB. So various are t...
The bride speaks here. According to Oettli, the words of the court ladies were spoken on the fatal day when Solomon first saw her. This carries her back to that time, and ignoring Solomon's pleadings...
Song of Solomon 6:4-13. The King fascinated Here we have a renewed assault by Solomon. Just after the Shulammite's impassioned claim to belong wholly to her lover her royal persecutor returns, and bu...
This is probably the most difficult verse in the whole book to interpret satisfactorily. Perhaps it may best be rendered as in R.V. MY SOUL (or, DESIRE, marg.) SET ME AMONG THE CHARIOTS OF MY PRINCELY...
OR EVER I WAS AWARE, &C.— _I knew_ [_them_] _not: my heart set me upon the chariots of my willing people._ Carpzov. _Crit. Sacr._ p. 904. See Aquila, and Symmachus. According to the common rendering,...
TEXT 6:11-13 _Shulammite_, Song of Solomon 6:11-13 11. I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley. To see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flow...
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. OR EVER I WAS AWARE. Sudden outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost (), while the Church was using the means, "all with one accord...
6:12 people. (a-15) Singular of _ Ammim_ . see Psalms 7:8 ; 'willing,' is as Psalms 47:9 . see Psalms 110:3 ....
A DIALOGUE. HER LOVELINESS 10-13. A dialogue between these ladies and her. They compare her to the dawn, stooping down to look on the earth from the sky. It is still common in Arabic poems to address...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 6 THE WOMEN OF JERUSALEM V1 Where has your lover gone, most beautiful among women?...
This is a difficult verse to understand. It seems to mean that, at once, it was time for her to enter her husband’s *chariot. That may be the carriage in 3:7. But she uses a different word for it in t...
(11-13) I WENT DOWN INTO THE GARDEN... — For a discussion on this obscure passage in its entirety, see _Excursus_ III. (11) NUTS. — Heb. _egôz;_ only here. (Comp. Arabic _ghaus_ = the walnut, which i...
לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי נַפְשִׁ֣י שָׂמַ֔תְנִי מַרְכְּבֹ֖ות עַמִּי...
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 ...
(g) Before I was aware, my soul made me (h) [like] the chariots of Amminadib. (g) I found nothing but rebellion. (h) Or, Set me on the chariots of my willing people....
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. And Jehovah speaks and the church thus conscious of the presence of her Lord visiting his garden, felt that blessed but sudden effe...
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...
OR EVER ONE WAS AWARE, MY SOUL MADE ME [LIKE] THE CHARIOTS OF AMMINADIB. These are either the words of the church or of Christ, saying, "I know not" y as the first clause may be rendered: if the words...
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib. Ver. 12. _Or ever I was aware, my soul, &c._] Heb., I knew not. So Christ speaketh after the manner of men. And it is as if he s...
_Or ever I was aware_ I was surprised with a vehement desire of my spouse, which is to be understood figuratively, and so as to agree with the majesty and omniscience of Christ. _My soul made me_, &c....
OR EVER I WAS AWARE: _ Heb._ I knew not MADE ME LIKE THE CHARIOTS OF AMMINADAB: Or, set me on the chariot of my willing people...
11-13 In retirement and in meditation the Christian character is formed and perfected. But not in the retirement of the idle, the self-indulgent, or the trifler. When the Christian is released from t...
OR EVER I WAS AWARE; I was surprised with a sudden and vehement desire of enjoying my spouse; which is to be understood figuratively, and so as to agree with the majesty and omnisciency of Christ. MY...
Song of Solomon 6:12 aware H3045 (H8804) soul H5315 made H7760 (H8804) chariots H4818 people H5993 Or ever I was aware -
The YOUNG WIFE describes her restored status. _ “ I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the green plants of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were in flower. Befo...
SECTION 5. The Nightmare Is Over And She Is Again With Her Beloved (Song of Solomon 6:4). In this brief song the Beloved now describes the beauties of the one he loves in such a way that the daughter...
CONTENTS: The Bridegroom applauds the beauty of the Bride, preferring her before all others. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Christ takes delight in His redeemed and in the w...
Song of Solomon 6:1. _Whither is thy beloved gone?_ These are words of the ladies of honour, tenderly interested for their princess in a moment of anxiety. _That we may seek him with thee._ Thus shoul...
_Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Ammi-nadib._ THE INFLUENCE OF THE UNSEEN The world passeth away and the lusts thereof. The spiritual alone is permanent. Some men acquire no...
NOTES Song of Solomon 6:12. _Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib_. The speaker in this and the preceding verse differently understood by expositors. According to many,...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 6:1 WHITHER IS THY BELOVED GONE, O THOU FAIREST AMONG WOMEN? WHITHER HATH THY BELOVED TURNED HIM, THAT WE MAY SEEK HIM WITH THEE? The dialogue still continues, possibly bec...
Now the daughters of Jerusalem respond to her, the chorus sings back. Where has your beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither or where is your beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with...
Hosea 11:8; Hosea 11:9; Jeremiah 31:18; Luke 15:20...
Or ever — I was surprized with a vehement desire of my spouse, which is to be understood figuratively, and so as to agree with the majesty and omnisciency of Christ. Ammi — nadib — Eager in my desire,...