Song of Solomon 2:5 BSB

Song of Solomon 2:5

Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

KJV

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Concerning Virginity 14:91 (397)

The Word of God inflicts a wound, but it does not produce a sore. There is a wound of righteous love, there are wounds of charity, as she has said, "I am wounded with love." The one who is perfect is wounded with love. Therefore the wounds of the Word are good, and good are the wounds of the lover.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Flaggons - With wine, which is a good cordial. Apples - With odouriferous apples, the smell whereof was grateful to persons ready to faint. By this understand the application of the promises, and the quickening influences of the Spirit.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Stay me with flagons - I believe the original words mean some kind of cordials with which we are unacquainted. The versions in general understand some kind of ointment or perfumes by the first term. I suppose the good man was perfectly sincere who took this for his text, and, after having repeated, Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love sat down, perfectly overwhelmed with his own feelings, and was not able to proceed! But while we admit such a person’s sincerity, who can help questioning his judgment?

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
סַמְּכ֙וּנִי֙	sa.me.Khu.ni	sustain me	H5564 →
בָּֽאֲשִׁישׁ֔וֹת	ba.'a.shi.Shot	with <the> raisin-cakes	H809 →
רַפְּד֖וּנִי	ra.pe.Du.ni	refresh me	H7502 →
בַּתַּפּוּחִ֑ים	ba.ta.pu.Chim	with <the> apples	H8598 →
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
חוֹלַ֥ת	cho.Lat	[am] weak of	H2470 →
אַהֲבָ֖ה	'a.ha.Vah	love	H160 →
אָֽנִי׃	'A.ni	I	H589 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

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Through
Luke 24:32
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
leads to
- Luke 24:45
  Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
- Jeremiah 23:29
  “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
- Hebrews 4:12
  For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- Psalms 39:3
  My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
- Jeremiah 15:16
  Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
Through
Hosea 3:1
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn…
leads to
- Jeremiah 3:12–14
  Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be…
- Isaiah 45:22
  Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Through
Song of Solomon 5:8
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:7
  O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Song of Solomon

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Song of Solomon