“ Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. ”
The bride’s words may be paraphrased: “You speak of me as a glorious beauty; I was lately but a simple maiden engaged in rustic toils. I went down one day into the walnut-garden” (the walnut abound...
(g) Before I was aware, my soul made me (h) [like] the chariots of Amminadib. (g) I found nothing but rebellion. (h) Or, Set me on the chariots of my willing people.
It is very difficult to explain, as they now stand, the relation of these verses to the context and each other. It is possible that Song of Solomon 6:10 is misplaced, and that it may have stood as...
Or ever. was aware . Unwittingly, or. know not [how it was], &c. my soul . I (emph.) Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. made me like . placed me at, or was brought. the chariots of Ammi-nadib. So...
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. The chariots of Amminadib - Probably for their great speed these chariots became proverbial. The passage marks a strong agitatio...
Or ever I was aware, &c.— I knew [ them ] not: my heart set me upon the chariots of my willing people. Carpzov. Crit. Sacr. p. 904. See Aquila, and Symmachus. According to the common rend...
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. Or ever I was aware. Sudden outpouring of the Spirit on Pentecost ( Acts 2:2 ), while the Church was using the means, "all...
A Dialogue. Her Loveliness 10-13. A dialogue between these ladies and her. They compare her to the dawn, stooping down to look on the earth from the sky. It is still common in Arabic poems to addr...
(11-13) I went down into the garden... — For a discussion on this obscure passage in its entirety, see Excursus III. (11) Nuts. — Heb. egôz; only here. (Comp. Arabic ghaus = the walnut, wh...
MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed,...
2. Solomon ( Song of Solomon 6:4-13 ; Song of Solomon 7:1-9 ). His Musing. (a) Description of the Shulamite ( Song of Solomon 6:4-9 a). (b) Effect on the Virgins of the Vision of Her ( Song of So...
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. And Jehovah speaks and the church thus conscious of the presence of her Lord visiting his garden, felt that blessed but sudden ef...
Or ever one was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib. These are either the words of the church or of Christ, saying, "I know not" y as the first clause may be rendered: if the wo...
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib. Ver. 12. Or ever I was aware, my soul, &c. ] Heb., I knew not. So Christ speaketh after the manner of men. And it is as i...
Or ever I was aware I was surprised with a vehement desire of my spouse, which is to be understood figuratively, and so as to agree with the majesty and omniscience of Christ. My soul made me , &a...
The Love of Christ to the Church. 11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see...
Or ever I was aware; I was surprised with a sudden and vehement desire of enjoying my spouse; which is to be understood figuratively, and so as to agree with the majesty and omnisciency of Christ....
SECTION 5. The Nightmare Is Over And She Is Again With Her Beloved ( Song of Solomon 6:4-13 ). In this brief song the Beloved now describes the beauties of the one he loves in such a way that the...
Notes Song of Solomon 6:12 . Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib . The speaker in this and the preceding verse differently understood by expositors. According to...
Song of Solomon 6:1 . Whither is thy beloved gone? These are words of the ladies of honour, tenderly interested for their princess in a moment of anxiety. That we may seek him with thee. Thus sh...
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Ammi-nadib. The influence of the unseen The world passeth away and the lusts thereof. The spiritual alone is permanent. Some men acquir...
EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 6:1 Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, that we may seek him with thee? The dialogue still continues,...
Christ's Love Toward the Church. The King's wonderful description of the bride's beauty causes the "daughters of Jerusalem" to call out in admiration:
Hosea 11:8 ; Hosea 11:9 ; Jeremiah 31:18-20 ; Luke 15:20
Or ever — I was surprized with a vehement desire of my spouse, which is to be understood figuratively, and so as to agree with the majesty and omnisciency of Christ. Ammi — nadib — Eager in my desi...