The Chosen Key Word in this Chapter is “Love” it comes from the Hebrew Word “ahavah” which means “love.”
The bride and groom exchange beautiful nature imagery describing their mutual love and longing. Welcome to Bible Life Basics Chapter Reviews, I am Chris and this is Song of Solomon 2.
The bride describes herself as the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys, her beloved responding that as the lily among thorns, so is his love among the daughters, the bride replying that as the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is her beloved among the sons, delighting to sit under his shadow, his fruit being sweet to her taste, bringing her to the banqueting house, his banner over her being love.
The bride describes being sick with love, asking to be stayed with flagons, and comforted with apples, his left hand being under her head, and his right hand embracing her, charging the daughters of Jerusalem by the roes and hinds of the field, that they not stir up nor awake her “love,” “ahavah” in Hebrew, until he please, describing the voice of her beloved, behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills, like a roe or a young hart, standing behind their wall, looking forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
The beloved calls to her, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land,” urging her to arise and come away, calling her his dove in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, asking to see her countenance and hear her voice, since sweet is her voice, and her countenance comely, the bride declaring her beloved is hers, and she is his, he feeds among the lilies, closing with a request that he turn, and be like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
The beloved’s beautiful invitation, rise up my love and come away, for the winter is past and the flowers appear, uses the arrival of spring as a joyful metaphor for love’s own renewing, life-giving power. The bride’s confident declaration, my beloved is mine, and I am his, captures the beautiful mutuality genuine covenant love involves, complete belonging flowing in both directions rather than one-sided devotion alone.
Visit Us At: www.youtube.com/@BibleLifeBasics
Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/BibleLifeBasics