CHAPTER VI _The companions of the bride inquire after the bridegroom_, 1-3. _A description of the bride_, 4-13. NOTES ON CHAP. VI Verse Song of Solomon 6:1. _WHITHER IS THY BELOVED GONE_] These words are supposed to be addressed to the _bride_ by her own _companions_, and are joined to the prece... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Song of Solomon 6:2. _MY BELOVED IS GONE DOWN INTO HIS GARDEN_] The answer of the _bride_ to her _companions_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Song of Solomon 6:4. _BEAUTIFUL - AS TIRZAH_] This is supposed to be the address of Solomon to the bride. Tirzah was a city in the tribe of Ephraim, (Joshua 12:24,) and the capital of that district. It appears to have been _beautiful_ in _itself_, and _beautifully_ _situated_, for _Jeroboam_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Song of Solomon 6:5. _TURN AWAY THINE EYES_] As the sight of so many fires after night was extremely _dazzling_, and the _eye_ could not _bear_ the sight, so the _look_ of the bride was such as pierced the heart, and quite overwhelmed the person who met it. Hence the bridegroom naturally cries... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Song of Solomon 6:6. _THY TEETH_] See on Song of Solomon 4:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Song of Solomon 6:7. _AS A PIECE OF A POMEGRANATE_] See on Song of Solomon 4:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Song of Solomon 6:8. _THERE ARE THREESCORE QUEENS_] Though there be _sixty_ _queens_, and _eighty concubines_, or _secondary wives_, and _virgins_ _innumerable_, in my _harem_, yet thou, _my dove, my undefiled, art_ אצת achath, ONE, the ONLY ONE, she in whom I delight beyond all.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 9. _THE DAUGHTERS SAW HER, AND BLESSED HER_] Not only the _Jewish women in general_ spoke well of her on her arrival, but the _queens_ and _concubines praised her_ as the most accomplished of her sex. With this verse the _fourth night_ of the marriage week is supposed to end.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 10. _LOOKETH FORTH AS THE MORNING_] The bride is as lovely as the _dawn_ of day, the _Aurora_, or perhaps the _morning star_, VENUS. She is even more resplendent, she is as _beautiful as the_ MOON. She even surpasses _her_, for she is as _clear_ and _bright_ as the SUN; and _dangerous_ withal... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 11. _I WENT DOWN INTO THE GARDEN OF NUTS_] I believe this and the following verse refer at least to the preparations for a farther consummation of the marriage, or examination of the advancement of the bride's pregnancy. But many circumstances of this kind are so interwoven, and often _anticip... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the heart. As I am not aware of any _spiritual_ meaning here, I must be excused from commenting on tha... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Song of Solomon 6:13. _RETURN, O SHULAMITE_] This appears to be addressed to the bride, as now the confirmed, acknowledged _wife_ of _Solomon; for_ שולמית shulammith, appears to be a _feminine_ formed from שלמה _shelomoh_, or שלמון _shelomon_, as we form _Charlotte_ from _Charles; Henrietta_,... [ Continue Reading ]