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Song of Solomon 6 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Song of Solomon 6, 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
12
classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Song of Solomon 6 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 3 beautiful
אָיֹם ʼâyôm H366 2 frightful
דָּגַל dâgal H1713 2 flaunt, raise a flag
בַּר bar H1249 2 beloved, pure
מַלְכָּה malkâh H4436 2 queen
שׁוּשַׁן shûwshan H7799 2 a lily, as a flower of architectural ornament

How preachers through history handled this text

12 public-domain excerpts on Song of Solomon 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

John Gill 8 Spurgeon 3 John Wesley 1

“VI An enquiry after Christ, ver. 1. The churches answer, ver. 2. The church confesses her faith in Christ, ver. 3. Christ shews the graces of his church, ver. 4. And the beauty of her several parts, ver. 5-10. He acquaints her where he had been, and what he had been doing, ver. 11. And discovers his affection to her, ver. 12. With an invitation of her to return to him again, ver. 13. 1. Gone - From thee. 2. …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Song of Solomon 6:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Mahanaim — Sng 6:13
  • Jerusalem — Sng 6:4
  • Tirzah — Sng 6:4
  • Gilead 1 — Sng 6:5

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