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Song of Solomon 4

Cnt. 4:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thy teeth
shen (Hebrew #8127)
a tooth (as sharp); specifically (for 8143) ivory; figuratively, a cliff
KJV usage: crag, X forefront, ivory, X sharp, tooth.
Pronounce: shane
Origin: from 8150
are like a flock
`eder (Hebrew #5739)
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
KJV usage: drove, flock, herd.
Pronounce: ay'-der
Origin: from 5737
of sheep that are even shorn
qatsab (Hebrew #7094)
to clip, or (generally) chop
KJV usage: cut down, shorn.
Pronounce: kaw-tsab'
Origin: a primitive root
, which came up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
from the washing
rachtsah (Hebrew #7367)
a bathing place
KJV usage: washing.
Pronounce: rakh-tsaw'
Origin: feminine of 7366
; whereof every one bear twins
ta'am (Hebrew #8382)
to be complete; but used only as denominative from 8380, to be (causatively, make) twinned, i.e. (figuratively) duplicate or (arch.) jointed
KJV usage: coupled (together), bear twins.
Pronounce: taw-am'
Origin: a primitive root
, and none is barren
shakkuwl (Hebrew #7909)
from 7921; bereaved
KJV usage: barren, bereaved (robbed) of children (whelps).
Pronounce: shak-kool'
Origin: or shakkul {shak-kool'}
among them.

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Flock,
Sheep,
Tooth,
Washing

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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teeth.
Cnt. 6:6• 6Tus dientes, como manada de ovejas Que suben del lavadero, Todas con crías mellizas, Y estéril no hay entre ellas. (Cnt. 6:6)
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Jer. 15:16• 16Halláronse tus palabras, y yo las comí; y tu palabra me fué por gozo y por alegría de mi corazón: porque tu nombre se invocó sobre mí, oh Jehová Dios de los ejércitos. (Jer. 15:16)
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Jn. 15:7• 7Si estuviereis en mí, y mis palabras estuvieren en vosotros, pedid todo lo que quisiereis, y os será hecho. (Jn. 15:7)
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Col. 1:4‑6• 4Habiendo oído vuestra fe en Cristo Jesús, y el amor que tenéis á todos los santos,
 5A causa de la esperanza que os está guardada en los cielos, de la cual habéis oído ya por la palabra verdadera del evangelio:
 6El cual ha llegado hasta vosotros, como por todo el mundo; y fructifica y crece, como también en vosotros, desde el día que oísteis y conocisteis la gracia de Dios en verdad, (Col. 1:4‑6)
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1 Ts. 2:13• 13Por lo cual, también nosotros damos gracias á Dios sin cesar, de que habiendo recibido la palabra de Dios que oísteis de nosotros, recibisteis no palabra de hombres, sino según es en verdad, la palabra de Dios, el cual obra en vosotros los que creísteis. (1 Ts. 2:13)
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2 P. 1:5‑8• 5Vosotros también, poniendo toda diligencia por esto mismo, mostrad en vuestra fe virtud, y en la virtud ciencia;
 6Y en la ciencia templanza, y en la templanza paciencia, y en la paciencia temor de Dios;
 7Y en el temor de Dios, amor fraternal, y en el amor fraternal caridad.
 8Porque si en vosotros hay estas cosas, y abundan, no os dejarán estar ociosos, ni estériles en el conocimiento de nuestro Señor Jesucristo. (2 P. 1:5‑8)
and none.
Éx. 23:26• 26No habrá mujer que aborte, ni estéril en tu tierra; y yo cumpliré el número de tus días. (Éx. 23:26)
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Dt. 7:13‑14• 13Y te amará, y te bendecirá, y te multiplicará, y bendecirá el fruto de tu vientre, y el fruto de tu tierra, y tu grano, y tu mosto, y tu aceite, la cría de tus vacas, y los rebaños de tus ovejas, en la tierra que juró á tus padres que te daría.
 14Bendito serás más que todos los pueblos: no habrá en ti varón ni hembra estéril, ni en tus bestias. (Dt. 7:13‑14)
• She needed the revelation of His heart to herself, to give her full peace in His presence. What she wanted was the knowledge of what He thought about herself. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• He sits, as it were, and gazes with enraptured delight on each feature of His fair and beautiful spouse. He then speaks plainly to herself of His admiring love. "Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse." Such praise from man would be most injurious, but when it comes from His lips, it only deepens our humility, and makes us more like Himself. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• In the sheep, even shorn, we have the encumbrance of nature removed-regularity, evenness. "Coming up from the washing"--cleanness, whiteness. They have been washed in the fountain that removes all uncleanness. The upper and under rows exactly correspond. They are "twins." "None is barren among them"--there is nothing wanting. The bride can now eat the bread of life--the old corn of the land. She is of full age. The risen, exalted, glorified, and coming Messiah is the food and nourishment of her soul. In the Lord's sight there is evenness, purity, fruitfulness, nothing lacking in the one He loves. (“Song of Solomon 4” by A. Miller)
• The teeth likened to sheep coming up from the washing would indicate purity; the twins, uniformity, and none barren, completeness, nothing lacking, all qualities that Christ delights to see in His people. (“Canticle 3: The Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• The two sets of teeth answer to the twins in their cleanliness and sparkling beauty, so attractive in his eyes. And how important the teeth are, spiritually speaking, because they speak to us of mastication, of the ability to properly lay hold of and digest our food. I am afraid there are a number of toothless Christians from that standpoint. Some say, “I do not know how it is, but other people read their Bibles and find such wonderful things, when I do not find much in mine.” The trouble is you have such poor teeth, you do not masticate your spiritual food properly. It is by meditation that we appropriate our daily provision. David said, “My meditation of Him shall be sweet” (Ps. 104:34). (“Song of Solomon 4:1-11” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.