Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Song of Solomon 1:9
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's (q) chariots.
(q) For your spiritual beauty and excellency there was no worldly treasure to be compared to you.
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's (q) chariots.
(q) For your spiritual beauty and excellency there was no worldly treasure to be compared to you.
Verse 9. _I HAVE COMPARED THEE - TO A COMPANY OF HORSES_] This may be translated, more literally, "I have compared thee _lesusathi_, to _my mare_, in the chariots or courses of Pharaoh;" and so the _...
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_O my love_ Rather, O MY FRIEND; cp. the use of _ami_in French between lovers. This word _ra‛yâh_is found only in the Song of Solomon, except once in the plural in Judges 11:37, where Jephthah's daugh...
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TEXT 1:9-11 SOLOMON: FIRST ADVANCES TO THE SHULAMMITE 1:9-11 9 To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh. 10 Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strin...
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1:9 love, (f-5) Or 'friend.' it is feminine and occurs in ver. 15; chs. 2.2,10,13; 4.1,7; 5.2; 6.4. (It is not the same as chs. 2.7; 3.5; 7.6; 8.4.) This feminine form of the word is only found in th...
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The horses that pulled *chariots were strong and brave. These were not lazy horses. They wanted to work hard. Pharaoh was the king of Egypt. He did not travel without a *chariot. His horses took him w...
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COMPANY OF HORSES. — So Vulg., _equitatus,_ but Heb. _susah_ more properly = _mare,_ as in LXX., Τῇ ἵππῳ μου. The ground of the comparison is variously understood. Some, offended at the comparison of...
לְ סֻסָתִי֙ בְּ רִכְבֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה דִּמִּיתִ֖יךְ...
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_As, &c. Hebrew, "with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold." (Protestants) --- Septuagint here read like the Vulgate c instead of b before thurim, which signifies chains, (ver. 10.; Haydock)...
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I HAVE COMPARED THEE, Heb. _I have made thee like_; which may be understood either, 1. Verbally, by comparing. Or, 2. Really, by making a real resemblance in quality or condition. _To a company of h...
Song of Solomon 1:9 compared H1819 (H8765) love H7474 filly H5484 Pharaohs H6547 chariots H7393 O my -...
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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_),...
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1 Kings 10:28; 2 Chronicles 1:14; Isaiah 31:1; John 15:14; John 15:1
Compared thee — For strength and courage, to overcome all thine enemies. For horses are famous for that property, and the strength of the battle was then thought to consist much in horses, and chariot...