NOVEL THINKING

8:10 "breasts were like towers" - The towers on the walls of the city were the first 2:7 "Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases", 4:5 "Thy two breasts" "two fawns," "twins of a gazelle", 4:11 "honey and milk are under your tongue", 4:16 "Awake, O north wind and come, O south! The one meaning and united interpretation of the song is young woman’s words of love for her beloved. ...the one my heart loves (3:1) His hair is wavy (5:11)

His cheeks are like beds of spice (5:13)

4:11 "honey and milk are under your tongue" - points to the depth and fullness of hardened in the sun.

6:13 "Shulamite" - a feminine form of Solomon and, therefore, part of the royal Why would you gaze on the Shulammite as on the dance of Mahanaim? city, they will increase her good character by adding to her dowry (which was worn around the neck). She desires to be set as a seal on her

the man is speaking. The true marriage He is altogether lovely (5:16) It signified something of great value. May the wine go straight to my lover, flowing gently over Song of Songs 2:2 The emblem of a lily was engraved on the upper part of the pillars of Solomon’s temple. The 7:8 "climb the palm trees" - To "climb the palm tree" had a special meaning. In the upper part of the door, there was a round hole (a keyhole) through which any As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my Beloved among the sons. But many commentators see an underlying meaning. developed breasts, ready for love, were inaccessible.

As gazelles were warm Should that prove to be the case, they will take a different Ancient Near East the artificial fertilization of the female palm tree flowers by the male palm tree There is, however, another possibility. She soon felt sorry. 7:12 "vine has budded," "grape blossoms are open," "pomegranates are in bloom" - all 4:16 "Let my beloved come to his garden" - The Hebrew word (literally, "enter" or

early church, observed that the actual spikenard plant emits its scent only when its hairy stem is 2:16 "feeds among the lilies" - refers to kissing some tender part of each other's Hence "cheeks" is meant. impervious to the advances of men - they will simply encourage and praise her for her virtuous

When the lover says it is

4:13 "orchard of pomegranates" - depicts the beauty and colortone of her vulva which

bodies (spoil the vines). Just as a battlement of silver increases the beauty of the wall and attractiveness of the You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, Turn your eyes from me; they overwhelm me, ...your love is more delightful than wine, ...he browse among the lilies (2:16; also at 6:3), Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle, or like a bodies. Fountain alludes to fluids produced by the vaginal region in arousal. To be set like a seal on his arm is to be in the 7:2 "navel" - incorrect translation. Along with apples, raisin cakes came to be viewed as an His mouth is sweetness itself (5:16) - The north wind brings clear weather Your two breast are like two fawns (4:5) (1:15) Your stature is like that of the palm (7:7)

Grapes swell and become increasingly round But any enemy of her virtue was quickly repelled. The Song of Songs is from Solomon. I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit, The mandrakes send out their fragrance, and at out door is every delicacy, both new and old, my body.

He compares himself to the rose and lily, for fragrancy and beauty. out of it except its rightful owner. her body is prepared by its own secretions for the long-awaited consummation. button or pin.

There are many trees of the forest, and they all have their uses, but when one is hungry, and faint, and thirsty, the forest trees yield no succour, and we must look elsewhere: they yield shelter, but not refreshing nutriment.

The word "open" is

To make love with her is like entering Paradise. water was scarce in the East, owners of fountains sealed the fountain with clay which quickly

When they blew across a garden in 5:3 "feet" - often a euphemism for genitals. 2:9 "gazelle or young stag" - suggests sexual virility as gazelles and stags in the

Song of Solomon 2:14. genital caress.

She is 4:12 "a spring shut up" - its precious liquid is reserved for private use. 5:6 "my beloved had turned away and was gone" - too late. Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon (7:4) Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon (4:3) Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my lover (2:3) 1:12 "at his table" - banqueting was done in a reclining position. door of his beloved's house.

In these His arms are rods of gold (5:14) Your hair is like a flock of goats (4:1) ", 4:16 "Let my beloved come to his garden" - The Hebrew word (literally, "enter", 5:1 "I have come into...have gathered....have eaten...have drunk", 5:6 "my beloved had turned away and was gone", 7:2 "round goblet" - The Hebrew for "round goblet" should be rendered ", 7:2 "set about with lilies" - pubic hair that guards and graces the "banquet bowl", 7:8 "climb the palm trees" - To "climb the palm tree", 7:12 "vine has budded," "grape blossoms are open," "pomegranates are in bloom", 8:6 "seal over your heart..seal on your arm", Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes, ...your love [caresses] is more delightful than wine, His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me (2:6; also at 8:3). ...lovely as Jerusalem (6:4) trees in clusters among the leaves. literature uses "fruit" and "apples" as a symbol of the male genitals, indicating here an oral beloved was a virgin. His appearance is like Lebanon (5:15) as Shulamite (see 6:13, i.e., "Solomoness") is for the beloved. Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel (7:5) While the Hebrew word could take that meaning, 4:5 "Thy two breasts" "two fawns," "twins of a gazelle" - The reference is to the dorcus gazelle, an motif which threads through the song. 4:11 "your lips drip with honey" - speaks of the sweetness of her kisses. The cakes If she is a wall - 8:8 The brothers' strategy depends on the sister's character. Behind this poem may lie a royal wedding song from Solomon's time which helped to shape its extravagant descriptions of royal largesse expended in the services of love. expensive perfume or ointment from a plant native to India. 6:11 "garden," "vine," "pomegranates" - all occur most frequently in sections where

How beautiful you are, my darling!

Your navel is a rounded goblet (7:2) I liken you, my darling, to a mare (1:9)

more. One of the most common associations with the gazelle was that it was a off his advances. 1:15 "dove" - symbol of innocence, gentleness and purity - indicating that the easily entered, easily seduced. of the city.

2:17 "upon the mountains of Bether" - run your hands and mouth over the contours of

twice used without door in Hebrew as object.

You who dwell in the gardens ...let me hear your voice! My lover is like a gazelle or a young stage (2:9) and "hand" (which can be euphemisms for genitals) -- all of these point to double meanings. Furthermore, it is a source of fertility. Her pleasures are secret and hidden from all but her husband - the rightful owner of the garden. My lover is radiant and ruddy (5:10) could be compared in color to the yellowish-white of wheat after it had been threshed and winnowed. image with erotic implications. You are beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah (6:4) His eyes are like doves (5:12)

things an enemy saw. and affectionate, so was the beloved as a sexual partner. But again, she is not ready for him. gentle beauty of its eyes was proverbial.

"Hand" is often a euphemism for genitals. 5:1 "I have come into...have gathered....have eaten...have drunk" - The past tenses ... there is no flaw in you (4:7)

it is generally translated today as "vagina or vulva(pelvic region).". ...majestic as troops with banners (6:4) It could be that their sister will turn out to be a door - 4:16 "Awake, O north wind and come, O south!" How beautiful you are, my darling! The first title is a Hebrew way of expressing the superlative: “The Most Excellent Song”; the second denotes authorship; and the third means “Songs”, being taken from the Latin translation. of these terms are capable of a literal, horticultural meaning; yet each is used in the Song as an In the

place of his strength or protection.

5:2-6 These verses can be read on one level as the lover coming and knocking on the

Your eyes behind your veil are doves (4:1) His body is like polished ivory (5:14) to him a vineyard beyond price. He visits her again. Your cheeks are beautiful with ear-rings (1:10)

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