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Song of Solomon 2

Song of Sol. 2:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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My beloved
dowd (Hebrew #1730)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
KJV usage: (well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Pronounce: dode
Origin: or (shortened) dod {dode}
is minea, and I amb his: he feedeth
ra`ah (Hebrew #7462)
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
KJV usage: X break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep)(-er), pastor, + shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
among the lilies
shuwshan (Hebrew #7799)
or shoshan {sho- shawn'}; and (feminine) showshannah {sho-shan-naw'}; from 7797; a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
KJV usage: lily, Shoshannim.
Pronounce: shoo-shan'
Origin: or showshan {sho-shawn'}
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Psa. 63:1• 1A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.{HR}O God, my God [art] thou;{HR}Early will I seek thee.{HR}For thee thirsteth my soul,{HR}For thee longeth my flesh,{HR}In a land dry and weary without water; (Psa. 63:1)
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1 Cor. 3:23• 23and ye Christ's, and Christ God's. (1 Cor. 3:23)

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beloved.
Song of Sol. 6:3• 3I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine:{HR}He feedeth [his] flock among the lilies. (Song of Sol. 6:3)
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Song of Sol. 7:10,13• 10I am my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me.
 13The mandrakes yield fragrance;{HR}And at our doors [are] all choice fruits:{HR}New and old I have laid them up for thee, my beloved. (Song of Sol. 7:10,13)
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Psa. 48:14• 14For this God [is] our God [for] ever and ever;{HR}He will lead us until death. (Psa. 48:14)
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Psa. 63:1• 1A psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.{HR}O God, my God [art] thou;{HR}Early will I seek thee.{HR}For thee thirsteth my soul,{HR}For thee longeth my flesh,{HR}In a land dry and weary without water; (Psa. 63:1)
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Jer. 31:33• 33This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith Jehovah, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. (Jer. 31:33)
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1 Cor. 3:21‑23• 21Wherefore let none boast in men, for all things are yours:
 22whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours,
 23and ye Christ's, and Christ God's. (1 Cor. 3:21‑23)
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Gal. 2:20• 20With Christ I am crucified, yet I live, no longer I, but Christ liveth in me; but that which I now live in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God that loved me and gave himself up for me. (Gal. 2:20)
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Rev. 21:2‑3• 2And the holy city, new Jerusalem, I saw coming down out of the heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
 3And I heard a loud voice out of the throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God {i}is{/i} with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. (Rev. 21:2‑3)
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Song of Sol. 2:1• 1I [am] a crocus of the Sharon,{HR}A lily of the valley. (Song of Sol. 2:1)
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Song of Sol. 1:7• 7Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth,{HR}Where thou feedest [thy flock],{HR}Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon;{HR}For why should I be as one veiled (wandering){HR}Beside the flocks of thy companions? (Song of Sol. 1:7)
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Song of Sol. 6:3• 3I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine:{HR}He feedeth [his] flock among the lilies. (Song of Sol. 6:3)
• Thus her heart is reassured: her Beloved is hers. How truly all this gives the awakening of divine affections and confidence in the remnant which had so long learned what it was to have Jehovah’s face hidden, and how fully the inextinguishable love of Him who wept over Jerusalem is in the blessedest way in exercise to awaken this confidence and assure the heart of the afflicted people! (“Song of Solomon 2” by J.N. Darby)
• The Bride. (Vss. 2:16-3:5) (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• He had disclosed the longings of His heart to see her face and hear her voice, and as she listens to those wonderful unfoldings, her heart is stirred, her love is awakened, and in the realization of His love and devotion, she exclaims, "My Beloved is mine, and I am His." He becomes the absorbing object of her heart, through the realization that she is an object to Him. (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• The King has already likened the bride to the lily, and has unfolded to her all the thoughts of His heart, and thus she is brought to realize that His food and His delight is in herself. During the night of His absence and until the marriage-day, "He feedeth among the lilies." (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth his flock among the lilies,

W. Kelly Translation

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My beloved [is] mine, and I his;{HR}He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies.