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Song of Solomon 4 — Sermon Preparation

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.

John Gill 13 Spurgeon 5 J. C. Ryle 1 John Wesley 1

“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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