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Song of Solomon 8 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Song of Solomon 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

14
verses
175 / 115
Hebrew words / lemmas
21
classic sermon excerpts
3
preachers & commentators

Song of Solomon 8 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
אַהֲבָה ʼahăbâh H160 4
שַׁד shad H7699 3 breast of a woman, animal
בּוּז bûwz H936 3 disrespect
עוּר ʻûwr H5782 3 wake
כֶּרֶם kerem H3754 3 garden, vineyard
אֵם ʼêm H517 3 mother
רֶשֶׁף resheph H7565 2 live coal, lightning

How preachers through history handled this text

21 public-domain excerpts on Song of Solomon 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

John Gill 14 Spurgeon 6 John Wesley 1

“VIII The church expresses her desire of familiarity with Christ, ver. 1. By the entertainment she would make him, ver. 2, 3. She charges the daughters of Jerusalem not to disturb her beloved, ver. 4. A commendation of the church for her faith in Christ, ver. 5. She prays for full assurance of his love, her invincible desire, ver. 6. Which is insatiable, ver. 7. The calling of the Gentiles with their intent, and her condition, ver. 8-13. Christ's coming prayed for, ver. 14. 1. …”

— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on Song of Solomon 8:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Baal-hamon — Sng 8:11
  • Jerusalem — Sng 8:4

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