Song Of Songs Chapter 2 verse 12 Holy Bible
The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing `of birds' is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
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The flowers are come on the earth; the time of cutting the vines is come, and the voice of the dove is sounding in our land;
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The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
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The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
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The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing has come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.
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The flowers have appeared in the earth, The time of the singing hath come, And the voice of the turtle was heard in our land,
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) The time of the singing--Heb., zamir�--may mean pruning (so LXX. and Vulg.), but parallelism requires singing-time (a meaning which analogy will certainly allow us to give to the Hebrew word zamir). Nor can the correctness of our version in inserting of birds be questioned, since from the context it is plainly "the untaught harmony of spring," and not the voices of men intended. It is true there is no authority for this beyond the context, and the allusions to the singing of birds are besides very few in Scripture; but travellers say that different species of warbless (Turdid?), especially the bulbul and the nightingale. abound in the wooded valleys, filling the air in early spring with the rich cadence of their notes (Tristram's Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 160).Turtle.--Heb., tor (turtur), from its plaintive note. Three species are found in Palestine, but the one intended is doubtless our own turtle-dove (Turtur auritus). It is migratory, and its advent marks the return of spring (Jeremiah 8:7). "Search the glades and valleys even by sultry Jordan at the end of March, and not a turtle-dove is to be seen. Return in the second week of April, and clouds of doves are feeding on the clovers of the plain." "The turtle, immediately on its arrival, pours forth from every garden grove and wooded hill its melancholy yet soothing ditty from early dawn till sunset" (Tristram's Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 219).Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe flowersהַנִּצָּנִים֙ (han·niṣ·ṣā·nîm)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5339: A blossomhave appearedנִרְא֣וּ (nir·’ū)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 7200: To seein the countryside;בָאָ֔רֶץ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 776: Earth, landthe seasonעֵ֥ת (‘êṯ)Noun - common singular constructStrong's 6256: Time, now, whenof singingהַזָּמִ֖יר (haz·zā·mîr)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 2158: A songhas come,הִגִּ֑יעַ (hig·gî·a‘)Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strikeand the cooingוְק֥וֹל (wə·qō·wl)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 6963: A voice, soundof turtledovesהַתּ֖וֹר (hat·tō·wr)Article | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 8449: A ring-dove, a term of endearmentis heardנִשְׁמַ֥ע (niš·ma‘)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 8085: To hear intelligentlyin our land.בְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃ (bə·’ar·ṣê·nū)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common pluralStrong's 776: Earth, landJump to PreviousAlready Appear Appeared Arrived Birds Cutting Dove Doves Earth Flowers Heard Pruning Season Singing Sounding Time Turtle Turtledove Turtle-Dove Vines Voice
