The division of the chapters is unfortunate; Song of Solomon 2 ought to have begun at Song of Solomon 1:15, or Song of Solomon 1 to have been continued to Song of Solomon 2:7. The bride replies, “And I am like a lovely wild flower springing at the root of the stately forest-trees.” The majority of C... [ Continue Reading ]
The king resumes, taking up the bride’s comparison: “As the lily excels in beauty the thorny shrubs among which it grows, so my friend excels her companions.”... [ Continue Reading ]
The bride’s answer: “As the ‘tappuach’ with its fragrant fruit excels the barren trees of the wild wood, so my beloved his associates and friends etc.” תפוח _tappûach_ may in early Hebrew have been a generic name for apple, quince, citron, orange etc. Song of Solomon 2:4 HIS BANNER - As the stand... [ Continue Reading ]
The bride relates to the chorus a visit which the beloved had paid her some time previously in her native home. He on a fair spring morning solicits her company. The bride, immersed in rustic toils, refuses for the present, but confessing her love, bids him return at the cool of day. It is a spring-... [ Continue Reading ]