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Song of Solomon 1 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Song of Solomon 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
27
classic sermon excerpts
3
preachers & commentators

Song of Solomon 1 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
דּוֹד dôwd H1730 5 love, love-token
יָפֶה yâpheh H3303 4 beautiful
כֶּרֶם kerem H3754 3 garden, vineyard
רָעָה râʻâh H7462 3 tend, pasture
אָהַב ʼâhab H157 3 have affection
נָטַר nâṭar H5201 2 guard, cherish
עֵין גֶּדִי ʻÊyn Gedîy H5872 2 En-Gedi

How preachers through history handled this text

27 public-domain excerpts on Song of Solomon 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

John Gill 17 Spurgeon 9 John Wesley 1

“Fragrant Graces (No. 3480) A SERMON PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1915. DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT THE METROPOLITAN TABERNACLE, NEWINGTON. "While the King sits at His table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance." Song of Songs 1:12. THIS passage may be read in several ways. Literally, when Christ tabled among men, when He did eat and drink with them, being found in fashion as a Man, the loving Spirit broke the alabaster box of precious ointment on His head while the King was sitting at His table. …”

— Spurgeon, Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 61: 1915, on Song of Solomon 1:12–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Engedi — Sng 1:14
  • Jerusalem — Sng 1:5
  • Kedar — Sng 1:5

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