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Song of Solomon 2 — Sermon Preparation
The lover compares his beloved to a lily and a leaping gazelle and calls her out from winter into the blossoming spring. Below is a research summary for Song of Solomon 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 17
- verses
- 177 / 113
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 28
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Song of Solomon 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דּוֹד | dôwd | H1730 | 6 | love, love-token |
| רַעְיָה | raʻyâh | H7474 | 3 | female associate |
| צְבִי | tsᵉbîy | H6643 | 3 | splendor, conspicuous |
| שׁוּשַׁן | shûwshan | H7799 | 3 | a lily, as a flower of architectural ornament |
| אַהֲבָה | ʼahăbâh | H160 | 3 | |
| קוֹל | qôwl | H6963 | 4 | voice, sound |
| סְמָדַר | çᵉmâdar | H5563 | 2 | a vine blossom, abloom |
How preachers through history handled this text
28 public-domain excerpts on Song of Solomon 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Loved and Loving (No. 1634B) AMONG THE GOLDEN APPLE TREES, BY C. H. SPURGEON. "My Beloved is mine, and I am His: He feeds among the lilies." Song of Solomon 2:16. "MY BELOVED"--this is a sweet name which our love takes liberty to apply to the Lord Jesus. His inexpressible beauty has won our affection and we cannot help loving Him whatever may come of it--whether He is ours or not and whether He smiles upon us or frowns--we love Him and cannot do otherwise. …”
— Spurgeon, Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 27: 1881, on Song of Solomon 2:16–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Sharon 1— Sng 2:1
- Bether 1— Sng 2:17
- Jerusalem— Sng 2:7
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