Song of Solomon 6

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 6 of 8

1 Where has your Beloved gone, most beautiful among women? Where has your Beloved turned? For we seek Him along with you.

2 My Beloved has gone down to His garden, to the garden-bed of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.

3 I am to my Beloved, and my Beloved is to me; He feeds among the lilies.

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Chapter Summary

I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine. The graces of His beloved.

Key Hebrew Words

רַעְיָתִ companion H7474 · TWOT 2186d
מַרְכְּב֖וֹת chariot H4818 · TWOT 2163f
הִרְהִיבֻ֑ act stormily H7292 · TWOT 2125
תַמָּתִ֔ complete H8535 · TWOT 2522c
נַפְשִׁ֣ soul H5315 · TWOT 1395a

People & Context

Finding Him in the Lilies

She answers that her Beloved has gone down to His garden to feed among the lilies, reaffirming their mutual devotion 18 .

Praise of the Shulamite

The Beloved praises her as beautiful as Tirzah and unique among queens, followed by a call for the Shulamite to return so they may gaze upon her .

Timeline

Finding Him in the Lilies

She answers that her Beloved has gone down to His garden to feed among the lilies, reaffirming their mutual devotion 18 .

Song of Solomon 6:1-3
Praise of the Shulamite

The Beloved praises her as beautiful as Tirzah and unique among queens, followed by a call for the Shulamite to return so they may gaze upon her .

Song of Solomon 6:4-13

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