Song of Solomon 7:13

The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. MANDRAKES - Hebrew, duwdaa'iym (H1736), from duwd, or yaadad, meaning to love-apples supposed to exhilarate the spirits and excite love. Only here and Genesis 30:14-1. Atropa mandragora of Linnaeus; its leaves are like lettuce, but dark green; its flowers are purple; its root is forked; its fruit is about the size of an apple; and it is ruddy and sweet-smelling (though many might think the odour too strong); gathered in wheat-harvest, i:e., in May (Mariti, 2: 195). GATES - the entrance to the kiosk or summer-house. All manner of pleasant fruits, new and old ... laid up for thee....

10-13 The church, the believing soul, triumphs in its relation to Christ, and interest in him. She humbly desires communion with him. Let us walk together, that I may receive counsel, instruction, and comfort from thee; and may make known my wants and my grievances to thee, with freedom, and without interruption. Communion with Christ is what all that are made holy earnestly breathe after. And those who would converse with Christ, must go forth from the world. Wherever we are, we may keep up communion with God. Nor should we go where we cannot in faith ask him to go with us. Those who would go abroad with Christ, must begin early in the morning of their days; must begin every day with him, seek him early, seek him diligently. A gracious soul can reconcile itself to the poorest places, if it may have communion with God in them; but the most delightful fields will not satisfy, unless the...

Verse Song of Solomon 7:13. _THE MANDRAKES GIVE A SMELL_] Genesis 30:14, where the _mandrake_ is particularly described; from which this passage will receive considerable light. The reader is _requested_ to consult it. _ALL MANNER OF PLEASANT FRUITS_] Fruits _new_ and _old; flowers_ and _herbs_ of every kind which the season could yield. The literal sense, allowing for the concealing metaphors, is, I believe, of a widely different nature from what is generally given. But this must be left to the reader's sagacity and prudence....

EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1 HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THY FEET IN SANDALS, O PRINCE'S DAUGHTER! THE JOINTS OF THY THIGHS ARE LIKE JEWELS, THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF A CUNNING WORKMAN. To the ladies who are looking on the bride appears simply noble and royal. The word _naudhib _which is used, translated "prince's daughter," means "noble in disposition," and so in birth and rank, as in 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalms 113:8; so in So 6:12, "the princely people." The description, which is perfectly chaste, is intended to bring before the eye the lithe and beautiful movements of an elegant ,lancer; the bendings of the body, full of activity and grace, are compared to the swi

THE MANDRAKES GIVE A SMELL,.... Or, "those lovely flowers", as Junius and Tremellius, and Piscator, translate the words; even those the church proposed to give to her beloved, when in the fields Some take them to be violets; others, jessamine; others, more probably, lilies g; as the circumstances of time and place, when and where they flourished, and their fragrant smell, and figure like cups, show. Ravius h contends, that the word signifies, and should be rendered, "the branches put forth their sweet smelling flowers"; and thinks branches of figs are meant, which give a good smell, agreeably to Song of Solomon 2:13; and which he supposes to be the use of the word in Jeremiah 24:1; and to his sense Heidegger i agrees; only he thinks the word "branches" is not to be restrained to

CHAPTER 7 The rapturous outburst in praise of the bride, the saved and glorified remnant of Israel, with which this chapter begins, must not be put into the lips of the bridegroom, the Messiah-King. It is the praise of the daughters of Jerusalem, who now recognize her as the beloved of the King. Her highest confession is found in this chapter. He begins to speak of her with Song of Solomon 7:6, “How fair and pleasant art thou, my love, in delights.” She answers His expressions of love. “I am my Beloved's, and His desire is toward me.” This is the highest--to know she possesseth Him and that His heart's delight is in her. This, too, is our happy knowledge. We know He belongs to us; we are Christ's and in us He has, and finds, His delight. Blessed is the scene with which this chapter closes. He calls on her to go forth with Him into the fields, to go to the vineyards, to see

SONG OF SOLOMON 6:13 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8:4. THE DANCING BRIDE AND THE RAPTURE OF LOVE. This section also is probably composed of different lyrics, though it is difficult to separate them; we have first the description of the loved one or bride in the act of dancing, then the comparison of her figure to a date palm, and finally a song of love and spring, concluding with the repetition of Song of Solomon 2:6 f. In Song of Solomon 7:1 it is possible that we have a descriptive poem setting forth the charms of the bride and sung by a chorus of women at the wedding dance....

GIVE. SMELL. diffuse their fragrance. OUR GATES. our gateways. LAID UP. reserved....

Song of Solomon 7:7 Chap. Song of Solomon 8:4. The King and the Shepherdess the last Assault We may suppose that after her attendants have completed the Shulammite's adornment, and have finished their fulsome praises of her beauty, she receives a new visit from the king. In Song of Solomon 7:7-9 he gives utterance to his admiration in more sensuous terms than ever, and in Song of Solomon 7:9 _b_she turns his talk aside, and dwells upon her lover. In Song of Solomon 7:10 she gives h

THE MANDRAKES GIVE A SMELL— The New Translation renders it in general, _The finest flowers give their fragrance._ See Genesis 30:14. The next clause may be rendered, _And in our hoards are all kinds of delicious fruits, new gathered, as well as old._ The _gates_ in Judges were usually large buildings, and we may suppose the repository for fruits was either over them, or near them. Houbigant would read it, _And amongst our golden apples_ (or citrons) _are many sweet ones, as well new as old;_ that is to say, vernal and autumnal. Sanctius supposes that the passage relates to the custom in Palestine of decking the gates of newly-married persons with festoons of fruits and flowers. _ARE ALL MANNER OF PLEASANT FRUITS_— Dr. Russell tells us, as I have intimated above, that the English at Aleppo generally live at the gardens near Baballa during the month