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Song of Solomon 3

Song of Sol. 3:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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By night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
g on my bed
mishkab (Hebrew #4904)
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV usage: bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Pronounce: mish-kawb'
Origin: from 7901
I sought
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
him whom my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
loveth
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
: I sought
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
him, but Ih found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
him not.
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Isa. 26:9• 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. (Isa. 26:9)
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Job 23:8‑9• 8Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
 9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold him not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see him not. (Job 23:8‑9)

More on:

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Bed; Bedstead,
Night,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  The church's fight and victory in temptation.
6-11:  The church glories in Christ.
night.
Psa. 4:4• 4Be moved with anger, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4)
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Psa. 6:6• 6I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears. (Psa. 6:6)
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Psa. 22:2• 2My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me: (Psa. 22:2)
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Psa. 63:6‑8• 6When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches:
 7For thou hast been my help, and in the shadow of thy wings will I sing for joy.
 8My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. (Psa. 63:6‑8)
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Psa. 77:2‑4• 2In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.
 3I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
 4Thou holdest open mine eyelids; I am full of disquiet and cannot speak. (Psa. 77:2‑4)
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Isa. 26:9• 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. (Isa. 26:9)
him whom.
Song of Sol. 1:7• 7Tell me, thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest thy flock, Where thou makest it to rest at noon; For why should I be as one veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions? (Song of Sol. 1:7)
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Song of Sol. 5:8• 8I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, … What will ye tell him?--That I am sick of love. (Song of Sol. 5:8)
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John 21:17• 17He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, art thou attached to me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Art thou attached to me? and said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I am attached to thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. (John 21:17)
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1 Peter 1:8• 8whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom though not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with the glory, (1 Peter 1:8)
I sought him, but.
Song of Sol. 5:6• 6I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself; he was gone: My soul went forth when he spoke. I sought him, but I found him not; I called him, but he gave me no answer. (Song of Sol. 5:6)
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Job 23:8‑9• 8Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;
 9On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold him not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see him not. (Job 23:8‑9)
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Psa. 130:1‑2• 1A Song of degrees. Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah.
 2Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. (Psa. 130:1‑2)
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Isa. 55:6• 6Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near. (Isa. 55:6)
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Luke 13:24• 24Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able. (Luke 13:24)
• In chapter 3 we have another attitude, another state of heart. {v.1} She is alone and in darkness. {v.2} She seeks her Beloved, but finds Him not. There is affection, but no joy. (“Song of Solomon 3” by J.N. Darby)
• The night visit of the King has awakened the affections of the bride. But it was only a visit; He had revealed Himself through the lattice; He had unfolded to His bride the vision of another and a brighter world - a world of sunshine and song; He had called her to arise and come to that good land beyond the mountains and the hills; and then, having awakened her affections, He had withdrawn to His own place, and the bride is left behind in the night. (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• The presence of the King will bring the day, even as His absence makes the night. So too we may say it is the presence of Jesus makes our day, and it is the absence of Jesus makes our night. (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• She has been aroused from her slumbers. Love has been awakened, and now she delights to speak of her Beloved as the One that her soul loveth. Four times over she uses the expression, "Him whom my soul loveth." (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• That it is the Bridegroom Himself that is sought by the bride. It is not the daybreak, the time of singing, or the land of song, that she seeks; it is a person, Himself that she longs to see. (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)
• How many of us would like to have Christ if we could spare the flesh. The love of Christ would impel us to follow after Christ, but the love of ease would hold us back. We seek Him, as it were, on our bed; and therefore, we find Him not. (“Canticle 2: The Awakening of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.