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Song of Solomon 1

Song of Sol. 1:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
not upon me, because I am black
shcharchoreth (Hebrew #7840)
swarthy
KJV usage: black.
Pronounce: shekh-ar-kho'-reth
Origin: from 7835
, because the sun
shemesh (Hebrew #8121)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement
KJV usage: + east side(-ward), sun ((rising)), + west(-ward), window. See also 1053.
Pronounce: sheh'-mesh
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be brilliant
hath looked
shazaph (Hebrew #7805)
to tan (by sun-burning); figuratively (as if by a piercing ray) to scan
KJV usage: look up, see.
Pronounce: shaw-zaf'
Origin: a primitive root
upon me: my mother’s
'em (Hebrew #517)
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1)
KJV usage: dam, mother, X parting.
Pronounce: ame
Origin: a primitive word
children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
were angry
charar (Hebrew #2787)
to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion
KJV usage: be angry, burn, dry, kindle.
Pronounce: khaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
m with me; they made
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
me the keeper
natar (Hebrew #5201)
to guard; figuratively, to cherish (anger)
KJV usage: bear grudge, keep(-er), reserve.
Pronounce: naw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
of the vineyards
kerem (Hebrew #3754)
a garden or vineyard
KJV usage: vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also 1021.
Pronounce: keh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
; but mine own vineyard
kerem (Hebrew #3754)
a garden or vineyard
KJV usage: vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. See also 1021.
Pronounce: keh'-rem
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
have I not kept
natar (Hebrew #5201)
to guard; figuratively, to cherish (anger)
KJV usage: bear grudge, keep(-er), reserve.
Pronounce: naw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Matt. 10:22,25• 22and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, *he* shall be saved.
 25It is sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household? (Matt. 10:22,25)

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Sun,
Vineyard

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ruth 1:19‑21• 19And they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they came to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the women said, Is this Naomi?
 20And she said to them, Call me not Naomi--call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
 21I went out full, and Jehovah has brought me home again empty. Why do ye call me Naomi, seeing Jehovah has brought me low, and the Almighty has afflicted me? (Ruth 1:19‑21)
because.
Job 30:30• 30My skin is become black and falleth off me, and my bones are parched with heat. (Job 30:30)
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Jer. 8:21• 21--For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me. (Jer. 8:21)
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Lam. 4:8• 8Their visage is darker than blackness, they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones, it is withered, it is become like a stick. (Lam. 4:8)
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Mark 4:6• 6and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered. (Mark 4:6)
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Acts 14:22• 22establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22)
my mother's.
Psa. 69:8• 8I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's sons; (Psa. 69:8)
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Jer. 12:6• 6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak good words unto thee. (Jer. 12:6)
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Mic. 7:6• 6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: a man's enemies are the men of his own household. (Mic. 7:6)
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Matt. 10:22,25,35‑36• 22and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, *he* shall be saved.
 25It is sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?
 35For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law;
 36and they of his household shall be a man's enemies. (Matt. 10:22,25,35‑36)
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Luke 12:51‑53• 51Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:
 52for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
 53father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. (Luke 12:51‑53)
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Gal. 4:29• 29But as then he that was born according to flesh persecuted him that was born according to Spirit, so also it is now. (Gal. 4:29)
keeper.
Song of Sol. 8:11‑12• 11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon: He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand silver-pieces.
 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand silver-pieces be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred. (Song of Sol. 8:11‑12)
• Having seen the King in His beauty and herself in her blackness, she has no desire to attract attention to herself....having discovered our blackness in the light of Christ's perfection, we realize that we are no pattern for others. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• How often we have broken down in the presence of the opposition of men of the world, how much we have slaved in the world's vineyards, and how much we have neglected our own things. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Look not upon me, because I am black; Because the sun hath looked upon med. My mother’s children were angry with me: They made me keeper of the vineyards; Mine own vineyard have I not kept.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "hath burned me."