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Song of Solomon 7 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Song of Solomon 7, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

14
verses: 139 / 110
Hebrew words / lemmas: 12
classic sermon excerpts: 3
preachers & commentators

Song of Solomon 7 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
שַׁד	shad	H7699	3	breast of a woman, animal
בַּת רַבִּים	Bath Rabbîym	H1337	2	daughter, of Rabbah
שׁוּלַמִּית	Shûwlammîyth	H7759	2	peaceful, Shulammith
שׁוּב	shûwb	H7725	4	turn, return
אֶשְׁכּוֹל	ʼeshkôwl	H811	2	bunch of grapes
תָּמָר	tâmâr	H8558	2	palm

How preachers through history handled this text

12 public-domain excerpts on Song of Solomon 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

John Gill 9 Spurgeon 2 John Wesley 1

“VII A farther description of the church's his graces, ver. 1-7. His design to visit the church, with the blessed effect thereof, ver. 8-9. She professes her faith, and desire, ver. 10. She invites him to communion with her, ver. 11. The end thereof, ver. 12, 13. 1. Shoes - Were anciently evidences of a free and comfortable state, whereas slaves and mourners used to go bare-foot. 4. Like fishpools - Full, and clear, and quiet, and pleasant. Heshbon - A pleasant and well watered city, beyond Jordan. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Song of Solomon 7:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

Bath-rabbim — Sng 7:4
Damascus — Sng 7:4
Heshbon — Sng 7:4
Lebanon — Sng 7:4
Mount Carmel — Sng 7:5

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