NOTES Song of Solomon 1:1 : _The Song of Songs which is Solomon’s_. ‘The Song of Songs,’ שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (_shir hashshirim_). שִׁיר (_shir_), a song or poem, as opposed to prose: but distinguished from מִזְמור (_mizmor_), a song with musical accompaniment, a psalm. EWALD, ZOCKLER _in_ LANGE. Accor... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Daughters of Jerusalem, or the Ladies of Solomon’s Court_.—CHAP. Song of Solomon 1:2. SHULAMITE _Addressi... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTES Song of Solomon 1:6. _Look not upon me because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept_. ‘Look not upon me’ אַל תִּרְאֻנִי _al tiruni_. Look not at me. ZOCKLER. Gaze not... [ Continue Reading ]
BRIDE’S THIRD REQUEST OF HER BELOVED. _Shulamite again addresses herself to the King, though still out of sight_. Song of Solomon 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest, Where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon. For why should I be as one that turneth aside By the flocks o... [ Continue Reading ]
NOTES Song of Solomon 1:9: _I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots_. ‘To a company of horses’ (לְסֻסָתִי _lesusathi_) סוּסָה (_susah_), fem., from סוּס (_sus_), a horse, may be either ‘a mare,’ or, as a collective noun, ‘a stud or company of horses.’ In the lat... [ Continue Reading ]
BRIDE’S REPLY TO THE KING’S GREETING _Shulamite expresses her Delight in her Beloved_. Song of Solomon 1:12 While the King sitteth at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; He shall lie all night (or, which remains) betwixt my breast... [ Continue Reading ]
BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM’S MUTUAL COMMENDATIONS. I. THE KING’S COMMENDATION OF SHULAMITE (Song of Solomon 1:15) Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair; Thou hast dove’s eyes (Song of Solomon 1:15). The language earnest and emphatic. ‘Behold:’ expressive of admiration. Repeated with t... [ Continue Reading ]