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**I am the rose of Sharon:** i.e. I am a mere wild-flower of the plains: a flower found in great profusion: disclaiming her lover's compliment.
**the** = a.

**As the lily** = As a lily: the shepherd, taking up her word in his reply.
**thorns.** See note on [2 Kings 14:9](../../../kjv/2-kings/14/9) .
**my love** = my friend. Hebrew. *ra'yah* . See note on [Song of Solomon 1:9](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/9) . Feminine again, showing that it is the shepherd who is speaking.
**daughters** = damsels. Hebrew. *banoth,* feminine plural of *beyn,* a son.

**the apple tree.** Occurs only six times in Scripture: four times in this book ([Song of Solomon 2:3](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/3) , [Song of Solomon 2:5](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/5) ; [Song of Solomon 7:8](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/7/8) ; [Song of Solomon 8:5](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/8/5) ); once in Proverbs ( Son 25:11 ); and once in Joel ([Song of Solomon 1:12](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/12) ); three times for the tree, and three times for the fruit. Probably the orange tree.
**the trees of the wood:** i.e. the wild trees.
**my beloved.** Masculine. Showing that it is the Shulamite speaking.
**his** = its.

**banqueting house** = vine-arbour or vineyard-bower.
**his banner over me was love** = he overshaded me with love; *degel,* from *dagal,* to shade; then an ensign because of the shade it gives and protection which it ensures.
**love.** Hebrew. *'ahabah* (feminine) See note on [Song of Solomon 2:7](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/7) .

**Stay** = Strengthen,
**flagons** = grape-cakes.
**comfort** = refresh.
**of** = with.

**doth embrace** = will embrace.

**I charge** = I adjure. you. This and the verbs here are Masculine. It is not uncommon to find this: but when we do, we find true feminity has been lost.
**roes** = gazelles.
**stir not up** = excite not. Hebrew. *'ur* (in the Hiphil).
**awake** = incite. Hebrew. *'ur* (in the Piel) = not to rouse from sleep, but to excite the passions. See [Isaiah 42:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/42/13) .[Proverbs 10:12](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/12) .
**my love** = my feelings or affection (feminine)
**till he** = till she. It is Feminine, to agree with love, *'ahabah* = love never used in the abstract, as in [Song of Solomon 3:10](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/3/10) , and [Song of Solomon 8:4](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/8/4) (a person). This is an appeal to the court-ladies not to try and incite her affection for Solomon.

**voice** = sound: e.g. footsteps ([Genesis 3:8](../../../kjv/genesis/3/8) ).
**my beloved.** Masculine. Showing that the Shulamite is the speaker.
**he:** emphatic = this (very one).
**cometh** = came.
**skipping** = bounding.

**standeth** = there he was standing.
**looketh forth** = looked through.
**shewing himself** = he glanced.

**the rain.** The first or early rains come about the end of October or beginning of November; and the wet season, i.e. the last or latter rains, in March or beginning of April.

**on the earth** = in the fields.
**voice:** i.e. cooing.
**turtle** = turtle-dove. A migratory bird ([Jeremiah 8:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/7) ).

**putteth forth** = sweetens or ripens.
**with the tender grape** = blossoms.
**give** = they give.
**my love** = friend. Hebrew. *ra'yah,* as in [Song of Solomon 2:2](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/2/2) . See note on [Song of Solomon 1:9](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/1/9) . Feminine. Showing that the shepherd is speaking to the Shulamite.

**secret places of the stairs** = the hiding places of the cliff.

**Take us** = Catch for us. The Shulamite here quotes the words of her brothers (p. 923).
**the . . . the.** No Art. here in the Hebrew.
**vines have tender grapes** = vineyards are in bloom.

**My beloved.** Masculine. Showing the Shulamite as the speaker.
**he feedeth** = he who feedeth.

**Until the day break** = When the day cools. This is clear from the words which follow.
**turn** = return.
**Bether** = separation. See note on [Song of Solomon 8:14](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/8/14) .

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