Song of Solomon 1:1
"The song of songs, which is Solomon’s."

Commentary

Matthew Henry Concise

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Summary

This is "the Song of songs," excellent above any others, for it is wholly taken up with describing the excellences of Christ, and the love between him and his redeemed

people.

Source: Matthew Henry Concise (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (4 words)

H7892 שִׁיר
Definition:

Or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}; fromshiyr; a song; abstractly, singing -- musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.see HEBREWshiyrBrown-Driver-Briggsשִׁיר77noun masculinesong(Late Hebrewid.; so Ecclus Or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}; fromshiyr; a song; abstractly, singing -- musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.see HEBREWshiyrBrown-Driver-Briggsשִׁיר77noun masculinesong(Late Hebrewid.; so Ecclus

Possible Meanings:
  • be sung (semantic_range)
H7892 שִׁיר
Definition:

Or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}; fromshiyr; a song; abstractly, singing -- musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.see HEBREWshiyrBrown-Driver-Briggsשִׁיר77noun masculinesong(Late Hebrewid.; so Ecclus Or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}; fromshiyr; a song; abstractly, singing -- musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.see HEBREWshiyrBrown-Driver-Briggsשִׁיר77noun masculinesong(Late Hebrewid.; so Ecclus

Possible Meanings:
  • be sung (semantic_range)
H0834 אֲשֶׁר
Definition:

1according to TsepreghiDiss. Lugd. p. 171MühlauBö. Lb. ii. 79 n.StaMorg. Forsch. 1875, 188; Lb. § 167HomZMG 1878, 708 ff.Müll§ 153SayceHebraica. ii. 51LagM. i. 255 &especially KraeHebraica. vi. 298 ff 1according to TsepreghiDiss. Lugd. p. 171MühlauBö. Lb. ii. 79 n.StaMorg. Forsch. 1875, 188; Lb. § 167HomZMG 1878, 708 ff.Müll§ 153SayceHebraica. ii. 51LagM. i. 255 &especially KraeHebraica. vi. 298 ff

Possible Meanings:
  • Asher (semantic_range)
  • happy one (semantic_range)
  • Felix (semantic_range)
  • the tribe (semantic_range)
H8010 שְׁלמֹה
Definition:

24;1 Kings 1:11+ [name 2 t. Samuel; 162 t. Kings; 109 t. Chronicles; 7 t. Ezra Nehemiah]; born in Jerusalem2 Samuel 5:14;1 Chronicles 3:5;1 Chronicles 14:4; designated by David as successor, anointed 24;1 Kings 1:11+ [name 2 t. Samuel; 162 t. Kings; 109 t. Chronicles; 7 t. Ezra Nehemiah]; born in Jerusalem2 Samuel 5:14;1 Chronicles 3:5;1 Chronicles 14:4; designated by David as successor, anointed

Possible Meanings:
  • Solomon (semantic_range)

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