Song of Solomon 7:10
in Song of Solomon 7I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
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I am my beloved’s; And his desire is toward me.
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I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
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This verse in Song of Solomon 7
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Cyril of AlexandriaFRAGMENTS IN THE COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 7:10 · Written before 444.
I will offer my beloved praise, and his turning will be toward me. What it calls his turning is either the second advent or the conversion of the Jewish people.
This site's exposition
I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me
"I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me" completes the three statements, from 2:16 through 6:3, and rests on being wanted. The Hebrew word for desire is the rare word of Genesis 3:16 for the woman's desire, and John Gill sets this verse beside it.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
I am for my beloved, etc. I am for my beloved and not for another. To whom I offer the whole gift of my service and devotion. And his conversion to me, so that even in this mortal life, lest I become weary by labor, …
A commentator
Robert of TombelaineCommentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 7 · Written in the 11th century.
proposed
As if she were saying: since by faith and love I cling to Christ alone, follow Him alone, desire to see Him alone as one God with the Father and the Holy Spirit, I joyfully experience the sweetness of His regard, the kindness of His …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The Complacency of Christ in His Church. 1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. 2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
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Intimacy of communion with Christ should help clear up our interest in him. Glorying in this, that she is his, to serve him, and reckoning that her honour, she comforts herself with this, that his desire is towards her, that is, he is her husband; it is a periphrasis of the conjugal relation, Gen. iii.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me - It is worthy of remark that the word which we translate his desire is the very same used Gen 3:16: Thy desire, thy ruling appetite, תשוקתך teshukathech, shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. This was a part of the woman’s curse. Now here it seems to be reversed; for the bride says, I am my beloved’s, and his desire or ruling appetite and affection, תשוקתו teshukatho, is עלי ali, Upon Me.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Words of the daughters of Jerusalem and the bride, now united into one (Ac 4:32). They are mentioned again distinctly (So 8:4), as fresh converts were being added from among enquirers, and these needed to be charged not to grieve the Spirit. his desire is toward me--strong assurance.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And let your speech be like good wine. Be cautious with your answers that they should be like the best wine. 29 See Daniyeil, chapter.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
4 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲנִ֣י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| לְדוֹדִ֔י | ledodi | [belong] to lover my | H1730 → | 61 times |
| וְעָלַ֖י | vealai | and [is] towards me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| תְּשׁוּקָתֽוֹ׃ ס | teshukato | desire his | H8669 → |
אֲנִ֣יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
לְדוֹדִ֔י[belong] to lover my
ledodiH1730 →61 times
וְעָלַ֖יand [is] towards me
vealaiH5921 →5755 times
תְּשׁוּקָתֽוֹ׃ סdesire his
teshukatoH8669 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…
it leads to
- Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- 2 Corinthians 5:15
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
- Romans 6:4–6
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of…
- Colossians 3:3–4
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10–11
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- Galatians 5:24
Through
Psalms 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
it leads to
- Psalms 33:18
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Malachi 3:16–17
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD…
- Psalms 33:18
About Song of Solomon
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on the Song of Songs; Cyril of Alexandria, FRAGMENTS IN THE COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 7:10; Franz Delitzsch, Commentary on the Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Robert of Tombelaine, Commentary on the Song of Songs, Chapter 7.