Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Song of Solomon 2:8
(d) The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
(d) This is spoken of Christ who took on our nature to come to help his Church.
(d) The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
(d) This is spoken of Christ who took on our nature to come to help his Church.
Verse Song of Solomon 2:8. _BEHOLD, HE COMETH LEAPING_] This appears to be highly characteristic of the gambols of the shepherds, and points out the ecstasy with which those who were enamoured ran to...
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, r...
CHAPTER 2 The voice of the bride is heard again in the opening verses of this chapter; some understand it as meaning the Messiah speaking of Himself as the Rose and the Lily of the valley, but it is r...
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8 contains one of the most beautiful poems in the whole book; it breathes the air of the fresh spring-time, when, according to our own poet, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thou...
VOICE. sound: e.g. footsteps (Genesis 3:8). MY BELOVED. Masculine. Showing that the Shulamite is the speaker. HE: emphatic. this (very one). COMETH. came. SKIPPING. bounding....
_The voice of my beloved_ This is the literal rendering of the Hebrew, but the word _qôl_, -sound" or -voice," is often used with a following genitive as an interjection, and then -Hark!" is the best...
Song of Solomon 2:8-17. The Beloved comes The scene is evidently changed from Jerusalem to some royal residence in the country. The lover, like the Shulammite herself, belongs to the northern hills;...
_SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8_. The second day's eclogue begins here, belongs wholly to the spouse, and is addressed by her in a continued narration to the chorus of virgins....
TEXT 2:83:5 _SHULAMMITE:_ NARRATION TO COURT LADIES (perhaps later) a. Invitation from the beloved Song of Solomon 2:8-14 8. The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, s...
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. THE VOICE - an exclamation of joyful surprise, evidently after a long silence. The restlessness of si...
1. She compares herself to a simple wild flower, the crocus (RM) of Sharon. The plain, which extended from Joppa to Cæsarea, was proverbial for its flowers (Isaiah 35:2), and travellers continue to re...
With kindly banter he bids her lead out her little flock of female kids and take her chance of finding him. 9-11. It would not occur to us to compare a woman to a beautiful mare: but an Eastern at onc...
A VISIT AND AN INVITATION 8-13 After an interval she relates one of his visits to her home. He comes swiftly and easily; hills and mountains are no obstacle. He stands behind the wall of her mother's...
THE VOICE OF MY BELOVED. — So here there is no need of the clumsy device of supposing the heroine in a dream. This most exquisite morsel of the whole poem falls quite naturally into its place if we re...
קֹ֣ול דֹּודִ֔י הִנֵּה ־זֶ֖ה בָּ֑א מְדַלֵּג֙ ע
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B. The Betrothal (Song of Solomon 2:8; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon
_The. Feeling the protection of Christ, the Church preacheth boldly the truth against pagans and heretics. (Worthington) --- She knows the voice of the shepherd, (John viii. 47., and x. 2.) and keeps...
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. I conceive that at this verse is the beginning of a new subject. Probably some short space might take pl...
The first six Verses (omitting the second) of chapter 2 (Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 2:3-6) appear to me to be the voice of the bride. They have been differently understood, but (I think) wro...
THE VOICE OF MY BELOVED!.... So says the church, who well knew Christ her beloved's voice; which is known by all believers in him, and is distinguished by them from the voice of others; by the majesty...
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. Ver. 8. _The voice of my beloved! behold!_] An abrupt passage, proceeding from a pang of love, whereof...
_The voice of my beloved_ Christ's voice, the word of grace revealed outwardly in the gospel, and inwardly by the Spirit of God. _Behold, he cometh leaping_ She saith, _leaping_ and _skipping_, to den...
The voice of my Beloved! So Shulamith calls out, anxiously awaiting the coming of the Bridegroom. BEHOLD, HE COMETH, LEAPING UPON THE MOUNTAINS, SKIPPING, or bounding, upon the hills, in an excess of...
THE MUTUAL CALL OF LOVE...
8-13 The church pleases herself with thoughts of further communion with Christ. None besides can speak to the heart. She sees him come. This may be applied to the prospect the Old Testament saints ha...
THE VOICE OF MY BELOVED! methinks I hear his voice. The spouse being now refreshed and revived with Christ's presence, awakes out of sleep, and breaks forth into this joyful exclamation. Christ's voic...
Song of Solomon 2:8 voice H6963 beloved H1730 comes H935 (H8802) Leaping H1801 (H8764) mountains H2022 Skipping...
THE YOUNG MAIDEN speaks. _ ‘The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, Leaping on the mountains, Skipping on the hills. My beloved is like a roe-deer or a young hart, Behold, he stands behind our wal...
Here we have a dialogue of love between the Lord Jesus and his people. Song of Solomon 2:1. _I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys._ Amongst all flowers, there is none that can be com...
CONTENTS: The Bridegroom speaks concerning himself and his Bride. The Bride speaks remembering her satisfaction in her beloved. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Humble souls...
Song of Solomon 2:1. _Sharon_ was a fertile district not far from Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 65:10....
_The voice of my Beloved._ THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED I. When Christ is away from the soul of the believer, he sits alone. Whatever he the mountains of Bether that have come between his soul and Christ...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 2:8 MOUNTAINS and HILLS probably describe obstacles to their love that the man overcomes (compare v....
NOTES Song of Solomon 2:12: _The time of the singing of birds iS come_. ‘The time of the singing,’ עֵת הַזָּמִיר (_eth ha-zamir_). Two meanings given to זָמִיר (_zamir_). GESENIUS and others derive i...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 2:2 AS A LILY AMONG THORNS, SO IS MY LOVE AMONG THE DAUGHTERS. The king responds, taking up the lovely simile and giving it a very apt and charming turn, "My love is beyond...
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys (Song of Solomon 2:1). The bridegroom responds. As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters (Song of Solomon 2:2). The bride...
2 Samuel 6:16; Acts 14:10; Acts 3:8; Isaiah 35:6; Isaiah 40:3;...
The voice — Christ's voice, the word of grace revealed outwardly in the gospel, and inwardly by the Spirit of God. Leaping — He saith, leaping and skipping, to denote that Christ came readily, and swi...