Notes for Song of Songs

Song of Solomon 1

aS 1Ki 4:32; Ps 45 Title

bver 4; SS 4:10; 8:6

1 The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions He and She respectively. The words of others are marked Friends. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.

cS Ge 14:18; S Jdg 9:13

dS Est 2:12; S Ps 45:8

eS Ecc 7:1

fPs 45:14

gPs 45:15

hSS 2:3

iS ver 2

jSS 2:14; 4:3

2 1:4 The Hebrew is masculine singular.

kSS 5:16

lS Ge 25:13

mSS 2:15; 7:12; 8:12

3 1:5 Or Salma

nIsa 13:20

oS Ge 24:65

pSS 5:9; 6:1

q2Ch 1:17

rSS 5:13

sIsa 61:10

tSS 4:11–14

uS Ge 37:25

vver 16; SS 2:3, 17; 5:8

wSS 4:13

xS 1Sa 23:29; S 2Ch 20:2

ySS 4:7; 7:6

zPs 74:19; SS 2:14; 4:1; 5:2, 12; 6:9; Jer 48:28

aS ver 14

b1Ki 6:9

Song of Solomon 2

1 Or He

aIsa 35:1

bS 1Ch 27:29

cSS 5:13; Hos 14:5

2 2:1 Probably a member of the crocus family

dS SS 1:14

eSS 1:4

fSS 4:16

gEst 1:11

3 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs

hS Nu 1:52

iSS 7:8

jSS 5:8

kSS 8:3

lSS 5:8

mSS 3:5; 8:4

nver 17; SS 8:14

oS 2Sa 2:18

pver 17; SS 8:14

qIsa 28:4; Jer 24:2; Hos 9:10; Mic 7:1; Na 3:12

rSS 7:12

sS Ge 8:8; S SS 1:15

tS SS 1:5

uJdg 15:4

vS SS 1:6

wSS 7:12

xSS 7:10

ySS 4:5; 6:3

zSS 4:6

aS SS 1:14

bS ver 9

cS ver 8

4 2:17 Or the hills of Bether

Song of Solomon 3

aSS 5:6

bSS 5:7

cSS 8:2

dSS 6:9; 8:5

eS SS 2:7

fSS 8:4

gSS 8:5

hSS 4:6, 14

iEx 30:34

jS 1Sa 8:11

kS Job 15:22; Ps 91:5

lIsa 3:16; 4:4; 32:9–13

mIsa 54:5; 62:5; Jer 3:14

1 3:10, 11 Or interior lovingly inlaid / by the daughters of Jerusalem. / 11Come out, you daughters of Zion, / and look

Song of Solomon 4

aS Ge 24:65

bS SS 1:15

cGe 37:25; Nu 32:1; SS 6:5; Jer 22:6; Mic 7:14

dSS 6:6

eSS 5:16

fS SS 1:5

gSS 6:7

hS Ps 144:12

iEze 27:10

jSS 7:3

1 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

kS Pr 5:19

lS SS 2:16

mSS 2:17

nS SS 3:6

oS SS 1:15

pSS 5:2

qver 9, 12; SS 5:1

rS Dt 3:9

sS 1Ch 5:23

tS ver 8

uS Ge 41:42; S Ps 73:6

vSS 7:6

wS SS 1:2

xS Jdg 9:13

yver 16; S Ps 45:8; Isa 57:9

zS Ps 19:10; SS 5:1

aHos 14:6

bver 16; SS 5:1; 6:2; Isa 5:7

cS ver 8

dPr 5:15–18

eSS 7:12

fSS 1:14

gS Ex 30:23

hS SS 3:6

iS Nu 24:6

jSS 1:12

kIsa 27:2; 58:11; Jer 31:12

lPr 5:18

mS ver 12

2 4:15 Or I am (spoken by She)

nS ver 10

oSS 7:13

pSS 2:3

Song of Solomon 5

aS SS 4:12

bS SS 4:8

cS SS 4:11; Isa 55:1; Joel 3:18

dS SS 1:15

eSS 4:7

fSS 6:9

gver 13

hSS 6:1

iSS 6:2

jSS 3:1

kSS 3:3

1 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke

lSS 2:7

mS SS 1:14

nSS 2:5

oS SS 1:8

pPs 45:2

qS SS 1:15

rGe 49:12

sSS 1:10

tSS 6:2

uS SS 2:1

vver 5

wS Job 28:6

x1Ki 4:33; SS 7:4

ySS 4:3

zSS 7:9

aSS 1:5

Song of Solomon 6

aSS 5:6

bS SS 1:8

cSS 5:6

dS SS 4:12

eSS 5:13

fSS 7:10

gS SS 2:16

hS Jos 12:24; S 1Ki 15:33

iPs 48:2; 50:2

jS Nu 1:52

kS SS 4:1

lSS 4:2

mS Ge 24:65

nSS 4:3

oPs 45:9

pS Ge 22:24; S Est 2:14

qS SS 1:15

rSS 5:2

sS SS 3:4

tSS 7:12

uS Ex 15:20

1 6:12 Or among the chariots of Amminadab; or among the chariots of the people of the prince

2 6:13 In Hebrew texts this verse (6:13) is numbered 7:1.

Song of Solomon 7

1 In Hebrew texts 7:1–13 is numbered 7:2–14.

aPs 45:13

bSS 4:5

cS Ps 144:12

dNu 21:26

eS SS 5:15

fIsa 35:2

gS SS 1:15

hSS 4:10

iSS 4:5

jSS 2:5

kSS 5:16

lPs 45:11

2 7:9 Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew lips of sleepers

mSS 2:16; 6:3

nS SS 1:6

3 7:11 Or the henna bushes

oSS 2:15

pSS 2:13

qS SS 4:13

rSS 6:11

sS Ge 30:14

tSS 4:16

Song of Solomon 8

aSS 3:4

bSS 2:6

cSS 2:7; S 3:5

dSS 3:6

eS SS 3:4

fS SS 1:2

gS Nu 5:14

hS Pr 6:35

1 8:6 Or ardor

2 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the LORD

3 8:7 Or he

iEcc 2:4

jIsa 7:23

kS SS 1:6

4 8:11 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12

5 8:12 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms

lS Pr 5:19

mS SS 2:9

nS SS 2:8, 17