Song Of Songs Chapter 4 verse 14 Holy Bible

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Spikenard.--See Note, Song of Solomon 1:12. Saffron; Heb. carchom; only here. The Arabic name is still k-rk-m = Crocus sativus, a well-known bulb of the order Iridace?. The pistil and stigma. dried, form the saffron.Calamus.--Heb. kaneh. (Comp. kaneh bosem = sweet calamus, Exodus 30:23; k. hottov--sweet cane, Jeremiah 6:20.) There are many sweet grasses in India and the East. Andropogon calamus aromaticus has been identified (Royle) with the "reed of fragrance" of Exodus, and Jeremiah's "good reed from a far country," but the identification is not to be implicitly accepted. (See Bible Educator, Vol. I., p. 245.)Cinnamon.--Heb. kinnamon probably included Cinnamomum Zeylanicum (cinnamon) and Cinnamomum cassia (Cassia lignea). (See Bible Educator, Vol. I., p. 245.) The rind of the plant is the "cinnamon" in use. The plant belongs to the family of laurels, and grows in Ceylon, on the Malabar coast, and in East Indian Islands. It attains a height of from twenty to thirty feet, having numerous boughs, bearing leaves of a scarlet colour when young, but changing to a bright green, and white blossoms.Aloes.--See Note, Numbers 24:6. . . . Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrewwith nardנֵ֣רְדְּ ׀ (nê·rəd)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5373: Nard, an aromaticand saffron,וְכַרְכֹּ֗ם (wə·ḵar·kōm)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3750: The crocuscalamusקָנֶה֙ (qā·neh)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7070: A reed, a, rod, shaft, tube, stem, the radius, beamand cinnamon,וְקִנָּמ֔וֹן (wə·qin·nā·mō·wn)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7076: Cinnamon barkwithעִ֖ם (‘im)PrepositionStrong's 5973: With, equally withevery kindכָּל־ (kāl-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everyof incenseלְבוֹנָ֑ה (lə·ḇō·w·nāh)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 3828: Frankincensetree,עֲצֵ֣י (‘ă·ṣê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 6086: Tree, trees, woodwith myrrhמֹ֚ר (mōr)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4753: Myrrhand aloes,וַאֲהָל֔וֹת (wa·’ă·hā·lō·wṯ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 174: The aloe (a tree)withעִ֖ם (‘im)PrepositionStrong's 5973: With, equally withallכָּל־ (kāl-)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3605: The whole, all, any, everythe finestרָאשֵׁ֥י (rā·šê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 7218: The headspices.בְשָׂמִֽים׃ (ḇə·śā·mîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 1314: Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plantJump to PreviousAloes Best Calamus Cane Chief Cinnamon Cypresses Finest Frankincense Incense Kind Myrrh Nard Spices Spikenard Tree Trees