Solomon Chapter 1

Introduction:

This writing or poem is coded as songs (1king 4:32 & Is 5:1). There is a similarity when compared with the story of Ruth. Moreover, it is a narration of a Go-getter or the lady in love and in the midst of her rivals or daughters of Jerusalem. It is the expression of the feelings of a lady to a king or the feelings of two lovers to one another. It is a record of her actions and the reactions from personalities involved in her love affairs. She expressed a thorough understanding of her UNCLE (H1730), the bride-friends/girl's-guild, the king or the bridegroom himself, the king's mother and daughter of Zion. She also understands the barrier constituted by the daughters of Jerusalem and how to overcome it by challenging them to openly declare their love like her. On the other hand, the king also expressed things he knew about the bride and the bride family. 

God loves mankind and want men to love one another with HIS selfless kind of love. This can naturally starts between a man and a woman, who are expected to be true friends, who know each other, trust each other, respect each other, believe in each other, ready to lift each other up and can correct each other politely and patiently. The writings exemplifies two friends with those prospects. 

However, duration of such relationship is limited, so the need for the most important relationship that we must cherish, and that is a friendship with the Holy Spirit. This is a relationship that can last for the entire life-span of man. Hence, sound-mind is required for correct spiritual application of the story.

Caution: Holy-Spirit is not a Dove or Pigeon. HE is the INVISIBLE SPIRIT of Jehovah God. As you read on, dove or pigeon is just what it is, please.

Song of Solomon 

Solomon 1

1 Songs to Solomon and songs from him;

The words of the Lady in love 

2 What a kiss, when a good uncle kisses with some wine in his mouth! 

3 and, for a virgin to love someone "with a (big)-name", it is like the scent of (perfumed) oil, when  a good oil is being emptied/poured out. 

4 So, when I remember the uprightness of someone I love, I run to my uncle's bedchamber for wine, and after drawing it out, I spin around and rejoice to go to the king- - 

5 - Daughters of Jerusalem, I am from the black/dark (people) of Kedar (Ismaelites), from our tents of curtain/sheets of fabric and it is Solomon who eagerly desire me.

6 - looking at our very very-dark sons, it is because they are put under the sun, while keeping vineyards, even as they keep the vineyard of their mother; they are scorched and got tanned/sun-burnt.

7 Who will boldly tell me, where the herd/flock of the soul I love, crouch/rest and how they are being fed/taken care of? Where does he covers/veils himself with his colleagues/friends at noonday?

She describes her girl's guild

8 I know of our beautiful married women who go forth to shepherd/feed the flock and will still feed the  young-goats in their dwelling-place/tabernacle later in the day. 

9 my female-partners/associate of ladies/girl's guild resemble the female-horses of Pharaoh chariots;

10 their cheeks are pleasant and their BEADs are in sequence/order on their necks - 

11 - - made of gold  and dotted/punctuated with silver in order/in rows/in turn.

12  for the King to be like a pivot-point of scent given by a spike-nard;

13 - I will pack/bundle myrrh from my Uncle, on my chest/breast and stay/tarry overnight;

14 - - and bunches/clusters of grapes from my uncle's village even from his vineyard at Engedi (springs for kids in Palestine).

15 my girl's guild are beautiful with beautiful eyes of doves (johah). 

16 My uncle is handsome and how pleasant and greenish are his cradle/bed!

17 his furniture are of cedar-trees and the events or the happenings in his house are of well-being/nourishments.

Solomon Chapter 2

Solomon 2

The lady continues.....

1 his (red) Rose are in the plain of sharon, and his (white) lilies are in the valley;

2 but like lily among thorns, so are my girl's guild among daughters (of Jerusalem). 

In courtesy of her uncle

3 the apple trees of my Uncle are in the forest. Children delight in their shade and sit down under them, and their fruits are sweet to the palate of their mouth. 

4  households come there under a banner/flag of love for his wine;

5 -- he props up/supports those who are closely-pressed and weak, as they spread their bed of love under the apple-trees - 

6 -- their head-masters are embraced/hug with his (both) left and right hands.

First time of sending a challenge to her rivals

7 either doe/female-deer or male-deer could stir up affection/love in the field; oh oh! You daughters of Jerusalem, sware on oath (to your wish), if you are so desired/willing, at least, stir it up.

In courtesy of her Uncle 

8 what a voice of my uncle! As he comes, they are skipping on the hills and jumping on the mountain. 

9 my uncle would peep/glance through the lattice/net of his window, at his male-deer/hart, and while he will stand on the wall, the deers/rams resembling dirt/dust will pop out.

Her uncle speaks to the girl's guild. 

10 the Uncle answered and said: rise up, beautiful girl's-guild and walk along.

11 things change from shower of rain to autumn (sept-nov), therefore, as the wayfarers pass over, 

12 that is the time to reconnoiter/explore and listen to the sound and the music of the land (in turn), and to see and touch things that bud/sprout on the land--

13 -- the smell of twinning-vine to spice up/embalm torbid/crude things and fig trees that give you blossom/smadar (sign of late-spring or new beginning -(Mar-May)). Arise my beautiful girl's-guild and walk along, - 

14 - to see the view/appearance, even the (pleasant) appearance of doves to be eagerly desired, and to listen to the sound, even to their voice in the evening; as they step up to feast in the hidden place in the cleft of craggy-rocks.

The lady continues....

15 And in the vine-yard, fox and little-fox are caught in wound-ropes in the vine-yard, during blossoming/smadar.

16 even as it were, my Uncle still tend/take care of his (white) lilies.

17 and with the male-deers and rams of my Uncle, resembling dusts, fleeing to a mountain, which fan breeze on sections of its shade all round the day.

Solomon Chapter 3

Solomon 3

The lady continues....

1 I will seek after a Soul that I love, even I will seek from my bed to find him in the night.

2 I will rise up, to seek for the Soul I love, I will find him in the wide-street/avenue all around  the city, even I will seek him in the market streets. 

3 Will the keeper all around the city, find and see the Soul I love?

4 even though It will weaken me, in a little while, I will found the Soul I love, I will go and cross over to the house of his mother, even into the chamber/apartment of the one who was pregnant of/conceived him, and there I will grab/catch him. 

The second time of sending a challenge to her opponents

5 As doe/female-deer or male-deer would stir up affection/love in the field. Oh oh! You daughters of Jerusalem, seven it/sware to your wish, and be awake, at least, if you are willing/so desired. 

What she know about the glory of the king/her bridegroom, against the rumors

6 can smoke from burners of myrrh and white-frankincense-powder, ascend/mount up to a date-palm's fronds in the desert. So, why the rumors/gossip? 

7 that - sixty warriors/powerful men stretched out round about for Solomon's political administration, even out of the warriors/powerful men of Israel; - 

8 that - they are trained for battle, even to seize with swords, and each man with his sword on his hip/thigh, because of sudden alarms in the night-time;

9 that - canopy of King Solomon is constructed with timber of Lebanon, 

10 that - its pillars are made of silver, and its lining-base are of gold. That the saddles/carriages (on his chariots) are of crimson, tesselated/patterned in sequence from the center. With LOVE, the daughters of Jerusalem - 

11 - should have gone out and see the Crown on the King Solomon and her mother and the daughters of Zion, on the day the bride-groom was crowned even a day of joy from her heart.

Solomon Chapter 4

Solomon 4

The words of king Solomon; the man in Love, appreciating the beauty of the girls' guild of the bride, her sister and her uncle. 

1 Your girls'-guild are beautiful because of the braids/locks of their hairs, and with their beautiful dove's eyes. They are like flock of she-goats surfing/sliding down on mountain in Gilead, - 

2 - they match/suit a flock that  ascend from  bathing place, who will chop anyone with mind of bereavement  by their teeth.

3 just the (thinness of) threads of their braids/locks only, is pleasant/eagerly craved at, and second is their lips like slice/piece of pomegranate from the desert. 

4 their nape/necks is like edge of hill to a sign(board) on the tower (magdala) built for hanging  thousands of bucklers/shields of warriors of David.

5 their two breasts are like two twins female-deers being fed within white-lilies that are like dusts.

6 as they walk along the mountains, they can flee to the shadows of the hills which fan breeze on their myrrh and the frankincense all day. 

7 Even the defects/stains on these girls' guild are beautiful. 

8 My Bride comes from Lebanon, the mountains of Lebanon and the head of mount Shenir even the head of mount Hermon (in Palestine - Deut 3:9), and Abana/Amana (river/mount in Damascus) is there as a wall/border to shield from afflictions from lions and leopards.

9 the sisters of my bride are enclosed with fat, with so huge enclosed-fat altogether, and all eyes are on  their nape/back of their neck.

10 what a beautiful wine from her Uncle! What an aromantic spices/balsam from her Uncle and a well-made perfumed-oil by sisters of my bride!

11 the scent of the lips of my Bride, even her scent is like honey and milk, dripping down in subdistrict of Lebanon and her tongue/language make me whole/peaceful. 

12 there are springs, locked up in the garden, for my Bride's Sisters. They are locked up with a sealed heap of stones. 

13 the pomegranate, fruits and spike-nard from their orchard/park are things sent out to tower up/magnify the village.

14 their chief-men/head erect/acquire multiple-tents for their aromatic-spikenard, crocus/saffron, cinnamon barks, frankincense, myrrh and the spices/balsam. 

15 from the fountain in their garden, water flow down to the pits for the living creatures in Lebanon;

16 I will awake and come from the southern region to the north, to a  garden, where towered-up spices are dripping down and even, to come to be fanned with the breeze in the garden of her Uncle, and eat from his fruits.

Solomon Chapter 5

Solomon 5

Solomon continues... (he seems to be hallucinating about her bride's uncle) 

1 I will go to the garden of my Bride's Sister, and to be laid visible, are the myrrh and the balsam plants (spices), and to eat honey from the forest and drink milk, as associates/friends will eat and drink till intoxicated with wine of her Uncle. 

2 Though asleep, I am awakened by the voice of her Uncle which is like knocking my heart with a blunt-fragment/sherd. I am to open to my pious Dove, her sisters and her girl's guild. Their head must have been replenished/filled with dew of the night. 

3 I have put off  my shirt, how would I put it on? I have bathed, how could my feet be soiled. 

4 the hand of her Uncle is by the (door)cavity/hole, so, a loud sound was sent out from my bowel, 

5 and I rise up to open the (door)bolt for the Uncle to pass, as myrrh dripped/oozed in his palm, even the myrrh in the fingers of his hand, 

6 as I open it for her Uncle to pass, he has withdrawn/become elusive. What an Uncle! I called out, if anyone will answer. I go forth to seek after a soul, if anyone would speak/rehearse to have found him. 

7 those who watch all round the city, and the guards on the wall, should find him if he is wounded. They should lift up the spread-sheets/thin sheet of metal, if anyone has smitten him. 

The king also suspect atrocity from his bride's rivals and highlight the qualities of the Uncle to them.

8 swear to me, oh you daughter of Jerusalem, if you find her Uncle, boldly declare to me, for I am sick because of love. 

9 Where is her Uncle, because this Uncle is handsome even to women? So, you should swear on oath in this case of her Uncle, even this very Uncle.

10 her Uncle is a ruddy person, like a fresh/bright flag among ten thousands, 

11 the curly hair/tress of his head is as black raven, a golden stain/spot within blunt fragments/splinters.

12 and his eyes is as that of doves. I would be sitting down by his fullness of milk and bath in his channel of water.

13 As I pass across Magdala (tower, near Galilee sea), my cheek and lips are yearning/longing for his spicy-herbs mixture and, things oozing out of his myrrh and spices/balsam and lilies.

14 I become languid/lost vitality in gold and ivory and sapphire, finished/done in Tarshish, and even in replenishing  my hands with grains/kernels from Galilee (southern Lebanon);

15 the market of Lebanon are of cedar-trees, its pillars are set/founded on the basis of chosen golden materials and the view/appearance is like fine bleached marble. 

16 this will be as sweet to the palate of my mouth. This Uncle is a delightful/lovely friend, oh you daughters of Jerusalem.

Solomon Chapter 6

Solomon 6

Solomon continues... 

1 Why are beautiful women walking around her  Uncle? Why are they turning (their face) to seek after her Uncle? 

2 Her Uncle usually go down to his garden, longing to care/tend the lilies and to glean/gather the balsam/spices in the garden.

3 her Uncle, even this very Uncle still tend/care for his lilies. 

Solomon express his fear about her bride friends/girl's gild if they come to Jerusalem 

4 Her beautiful girls'-guild are pleasant/eagerly desired in Tirzah (delightsome town in Samaria) but I am frightened to flaunt you in Jerusalem. 

5  they will behave proudly and all their eyes shall be all round your hairs. You are like flock of she-goats, surfing/sliding down in Gilead, 

6 their teeth match those ones who are to bereave a flock of ewe/young female sheep (rachel) who are coming up from a bathing place, - - 

7 -- just because of (thinness of) their braids/locks, you would slice them like pomegranate (ref: ch 4:1-3);

8 there are sixty queens, eighty concumbines (with me) and (only) a number of them were virgins. 

9 But, my innocent/pious Dove is one, the only one daughter born out of her mother, See, blessed are those queens and concumbines, if they will praise her.

10 to peep/look out unto a flag in the morning is beautiful, why is the warmth, out of the bricks frightening?

11 I will still go down to see my father who also protect his farm-stead/estate. I will flee away to see his walnuts, blossoming vines and  pomegranates.

12 I know that he (always) put/set people (ammi) who are noble/liberal (nadab) to souls on his chariots - 

13 - who is that peaceful (lady) (shulammith) to chest/envision and restore things? Even that peaceful (lady) (shulammith) that will got chest/envision to restore those in the (refugee) camp and turn back their (social) malady and restore everything.

Solomon Chapter 7

Solomon 7

Solomon conclude with polite warnings

1 How beautiful are the smooth thighs and the feet of the daughter of a noble-Prince in her shoes! Even if unwell, I still believe in the activities/works of his hand. 

Beware of loving others  because of money and beauty 

2 just as the categories of belly, the moon-Crescents, the sheaves of lily and the reservoir of wheat; so shall the disposition/temperament/emotional-state that reigns (now) will soon be missing/lessened/deficient.

3 (so shall it be) with your two breasts like a twin female-deer, even the two could be like dust/dirt- 

4 - (so shall it be) with your neck which is as tower of magdala and my eyes that lean forward/watch the faces of beth-rabbim (many-daughters) of Damascus (in Syria), even the nose/nostrils which is as the reservoir of blessings in Heshbon (east of Jordan), and your teeth which is as the (snowy) gate of Lebanon; 

5 - the crimson (dyed robe) of the king will drawn out and be bound (someday) into a rag-collector. And as it shall be for the head (master) of (mount) Carmel (fruitful-hill), so shall it be to all Head-masters.

Beauty in relation to height and breast in the personal-view of the king Solomon (O. Y. O) 

6 How beautiful and well-pleasing is the pleasure/luxury/enjoyment of love! 

7 -: her height that resemble date-palm tree, and her breast which is as cluster of grapes;

8 it is said, if it is as palm tree, it shall be climbed up/ascended. if it is a cluster of grapes of vine-tree, it shall be caught, because, of their scent to the nostrils is like apple. So it is with a tapered/pointed breast.

There is good relationship between the groom and his bride's uncle 

9 I shall walk with equity/uprightness with her Uncle, even if I am sleepy, my lips still move slowly because his wine is good to the  palate of my mouth. 

10 my passion/longing is towards her Uncle. 

11 I will walk around with her Uncle, going out to his farm and stay overnight in his village;

12 it is blossoming/smadar season, for me to give things to her Uncle, I will shoulder it by fleeing to my vineyard, to see if the vine has blossomed and if pomegranate has opened up. 

13 so that I can give to the Uncle, a new thing instead of an old thing, a hidden beloving-substance/mandrake (an aphrodisiac plant) with its scent which can tower up/amplify even from the gate.

Solomon Chapter 8

Solomon 8

The Lady concluded with polite corrections of Solomon high-handedness 

1 If you are my brother, who was given to suck same breast of my mother, oh! Even though I would be mocked, I will still kiss you, If I find you outside. 

2 I would have led you to come to the house of my mother, who train me about spicing/apothecary, and furnish you with wine and fresh-juice of pomegranate, 

3  I will embrace you with my right hand, and my left hand would be around your head;  

The last  declaration to her antagonists

4 I swear to you, you daughters of Jerusalem, I am delighted in stirring up love, and I have awaken it. 

The lady continues.. 

5 Who is  coming up from the desert? My mother, who was bound to born me, and My Uncle, who is bound to stir me up while on my knees under the Apple-tree, 

6 Though jealousy is austere/harsh, Love is powerful/strong. It is like a seal I have put on my arm, and even its signature/seal is on my mind/heart. It is like flash/spark of fire in a place of death and a flash/spark of flame in sheol/hades.

7 it is like abundant water from a steady flowing river. if a man CAN quench love, he despises what he will give all the wealth/fortune in his house for, just because he despises love. 

Beauty in relation to 'breast' in the personal-view of the lady from Kedar, who lived in Lebanon (O. Y. O)  

8 if there is a sister with little breast, What I will speak/rehearse about what has been done to the sister in her days is this? 

9  she is like a castle built with a sharp rock as a wall, and the doors are with silver (metal). Even her tablet/writing board is of a cedar tree (hard-wood). 

10 because, when eyes is on the breast, it is like finding a tower on a wall, even for his all-round-peace.

The only lady that warned Solomon of the impending danger of his high-handedness

 11 Solomon in his vineyard is like Baal-harmon (master/lord over multitude) - who gives out his vineyard, and it is to be kept by men who will come with fruits and a thousand of silver/money - - 

12 - - in the face of those that keep the vineyard, all the fruits and a thousand (silver) are for Solomon - while a hundred is for them.

13 they hearken to his voice in the garden, while he sit down with his associates/ friends, who listen to him.

My own Uncle is a free-man 

##14 However, together with all the spices, the male-deers and the female-deers of my Uncle resemble dust while they flee to the mountains ##