Song of Solomon 4:14 BSB

Song of Solomon 4:14

with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.

BSB

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ASV

Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

KJV

Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

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Commentary

2 voices

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 14:11 (386)

The place of his burial was a garden.… What is he going to say who was buried in the garden? "I gather my myrrh, and my spices"; and again, "Myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices." These were the tokens of his burial, and in the Gospels it is said, "The women came to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared," and "there also came Nicodemus, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The Old-Testament church was a garden enclosed by the partition wall of the ceremonial law. The Bible was then a spring shut up and a fountain sealed; it was confined to one nation; but now the wall of separation is removed, the gospel preached to every nation, and in Jesus Christ there is neither Greek nor Jew.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נֵ֣רְדְּ׀	Ne.red	nard	H5373 →
וְכַרְכֹּ֗ם	ve.khar.Kom	and saffron	H3750 →
קָנֶה֙	ka.Neh	calamus	H7070 →
וְקִנָּמ֔וֹן	ve.ki.na.Mon	and cinnamon	H7076 →
עִ֖ם	'im	with	H5973 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עֲצֵ֣י	'a.Tzei	[the] trees of	H6086 →
לְבוֹנָ֑ה	le.vo.Nah	frankincense	H3828 →
מֹ֚ר	mor	myrrh	H4753 →
וַאֲהָל֔וֹת	va.'a.ha.Lot	and aloes	H174 →
עִ֖ם	'im	with	H5973 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
רָאשֵׁ֥י	ra.Shei	[the] choicest of	H7218 →
בְשָׂמִֽים׃	ve.sa.Mim	spices	H1314 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Song of Solomon 3:6
Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
leads to
- Song of Solomon 1:13
  My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Song of Solomon 8:5
  Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
- Revelation 12:14
  But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times,…
Through
Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 5:13
  His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Through
Song of Solomon 4:6
Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 2:17
  Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.
Through
Exodus 30:23
“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
leads to
- Ezekiel 27:19
  and casks of wine from Izal for your wares. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were exchanged for your merchandise.
- Ezekiel 27:22
  The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; for your wares they exchanged gold, the finest of all spices, and precious stones.
Through
Proverbs 7:17
I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
leads to
- Psalms 45:8
  All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Song of Solomon

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Song of Solomon