“ My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefestc among ten thousand. ”
My beloved is white and ruddy - Compare 1 Samuel 16:12 ; Daniel 7:9 . The complexion most admired in youth. Jewish interpreters remark that he who is elsewhere called “the Ancient of Days” is h...
Song of Solomon 5:8 to Song of Solomon 6:3 . Descriptive Poem ( Wasf) : The Strength and Beauty of the Bridegroom. On this view, Song of Solomon 5:8 f. is taken as an introduction to the pr...
My beloved. The Shulamite describes him further to them. See Structure (above). the chiefest among ten thousand . distinguished or conspicuous above thousands. Hebrew "signalized as by. banner"....
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. My beloved is white and ruddy - Red and white, properly mixed, are essential to a fine complexion; and this is what is intimated: he...
My beloved is white and ruddy— Fair and bright. Bochart. The chiefest among ten thousand. Pitts, in his account of his return from Mecca, thus describes those lights by which they travel in t...
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. My beloved is white and ruddy. The believer is 'ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh a reason of the hope th...
A Dream. His Beauty and hers 2-7. Another dream of hers, with a painful ending. The accumulation ( Song of Solomon 5:2 ) of names of endearment reminds us of the frequent repetition, by a Palestin...
Chiefest . — Marg., a standard bearer; Heb. dagûl, participle of a word occurring in Psalms 20:5 , where the Authorised Version gives “we will set up our banners.”
TRUE LOVE TESTED Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 2:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A c...
IV. Experiences Following Betrothal ( Song of Solomon 5:2-16 ; Song of Solomon 6:1-13 ; Song of Solomon 7:1-9 ) 1. The Bride ( Song of Solomon 5:2-16 ; Song of Solomon 6:1-3 ). The Maiden's Trou...
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. The Church in this verse begins her answer, and had she said no more than what she saith in the commendation of Jesus, this is a final...
My beloved [is] white and ruddy ,.... This, and the following verses, contain the church's answer to the question of the daughters; she first gives a general description of her beloved, and then des...
My beloved [is] white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. Ver. 10. My beloved is white and ruddy, &c. ] Love lacks no rhetoric to lay forth the thing beloved in liveliest colours. "Whi...
My beloved is white and ruddy The white may denote his pure and spotless innocence, and the ruddy colour, his bloody passion. His head is as the most fine gold It shines like gold, by reason...
Enquiring after the Excellencies of Christ; The Church's Confidence in Christ. 9 What is thy beloved more than an...
White and ruddy; which two colours rightly mixed together make a face beautiful. Or the white may note his pure and spotless innocency, and the brightness of his glory and majesty, and the ruddy...
In her continuing dream the YOUNG WIFE gives her response “My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are curly, and black as a ra...
SHULAMITE’S DESCRIPTION OF HER BELOVED Song of Solomon 5:10-16 SHULAMITE My beloved is white and ruddy, The chief among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, And...
Song of Solomon 5:9 . What is thy beloved more than another beloved? To address this question to Pharaoh's daughter, had been the highest insult. More therefore is intended in this sublime of song...
What is thy Beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women. The incomparable Bridegroom and His bride I want to address some earnest words to the people of God upon certain pract...
EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 5:1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my...
The Church Praises her Bridegroom
Colossians 1:18 ; Deuteronomy 32:31 ; Hebrews 2:10 ; Hebrews 7:26 ; Isaiah 10:18 ; Isaiah 59:19 ; Isaiah 66:19 ; Philippians 2:9-11 ; Psalms 45:17 ; Romans 9:5 ; Song of Solomon 2:1
White — The white may denote his pure and spotless innocency, and the ruddy colour his bloody passion.