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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 men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
 25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? (Matt. 10:22,25)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ruth 1:19‑21• 19So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?
 20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
 21I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? (Ruth 1:19‑21)
because.
Job 30:30• 30My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. (Job 30:30)
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Jer. 8:21• 21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. (Jer. 8:21)
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Lam. 4:8• 8Their visage is blacker than a coal; 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• 6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. (Mark 4:6)
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Acts 14:22• 22Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation 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 children. (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; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. (Jer. 12:6)
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Mic. 7:6• 6For the son dishonoreth 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 house. (Mic. 7:6)
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Matt. 10:22,25,35‑36• 22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
 25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
 35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
 36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. (Matt. 10:22,25,35‑36)
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Luke 12:51‑53• 51Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
 52For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
 53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the 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 after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so 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 pieces of silver.
 12My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof 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."