The Song of Songs (Hebrew, שיר השירים, Shir ha-Shirim), is a book of the Hebrew Bible—one of the five megillot (scrolls)—found in the last section of the Tanakh, known as the Ketuvim (or “writings”). It is also known as the Song of Solomon, Solomon’s Song of Songs, or as Canticles, the latter from the shortened [...]
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Song of Solomon Leave a comment
Sol 5:16: His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend. O daughters of Jerusalem Leave a comment
Your lover should be your friend.
Sol 5:2: I Sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night Leave a comment
The bridegroom in this scene represents Jesus. The bride hears him knock but she is in bed. She loves the bridegroom, but she is too tired to get up and open the door to him.
