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Song of Solomon 4 — Sermon Preparation
The groom praises his bride from head to toe with vivid images drawn from land and nature, calling her a locked garden. Below is a research summary for Song of Solomon 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 16
- verses
- 178 / 117
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 20
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Song of Solomon 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כַּלָּה | kallâh | H3618 | 5 | bride, son's wife |
| גַּן | gan | H1588 | 4 | garden |
| לְבָנוֹן | Lᵉbânôwn | H3844 | 4 | Lebanon |
| בֶּשֶׂם | besem | H1314 | 3 | fragrance, spicery |
| יָפֶה | yâpheh | H3303 | 3 | beautiful |
| רֵיחַ | rêyach | H7381 | 3 | odor |
| דּוֹד | dôwd | H1730 | 3 | love, love-token |
How preachers through history handled this text
20 public-domain excerpts on Song of Solomon 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Grace For Communion A SHORT ADDRESS TO A FEW FRIENDS AT MENTONE, AT THE BREAKING OF BREAD, BY C. H. SPURGEON, ON LORD'S-DAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2, 1887. "Awake, O north wind, and come, you south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my Belo ved come into His garden and eat His pleasant fruits." Song of Solomon 4:16. THE soul of the Believer is the garden of the Lord. …”
— Spurgeon, Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 33: 1887, on Song of Solomon 4:16–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Gilead 1— Sng 4:1
- Lebanon— Sng 4:11
- Amana— Sng 4:8
- Mount Hermon— Sng 4:8
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