Song Of Songs Chapter 1 verse 14 Holy Bible
My beloved is unto me `as' a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.
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My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi.
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My beloved is unto me a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of Engedi.
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My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
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My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms From the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover
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A cluster of cypress `is' my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) Camphire.--Marg., cypress: Heb., copher. There is no doubt of the identity of this plant with the Henna of the Arabs, the Lawsonia a?ba or inermis of botanists. Robinson found it growing in abundance at En-gedi (where alone it is found), and suggested the identification (see his Note, Researches, ii. 211). Tristram describes it thus: "It is a small shrub, eight or ten feet high, with dark back, pale green foliage, and clusters of white and yellow blossoms of a powerful fragrance. Not only is the perfume of the flower highly prized, but a paste is made of the dried and pounded leaves, which is used by the women of all ranks and the men of the wealthier classes to dye the palms of the hands, the soles of the feet, and the nails" (Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 339). (Comp. also Thomson, The Land and the Book, p. 602, who, however, prefers to identify copher with some specially favourite kind of grapes, but without giving any sufficient reason.) For En-gedi, see Joshua 15:62. It is the only place in Southern. Palestine mentioned in this poem, the other allusions (except Heshbon, Song of Solomon 7:4, which is in Moab) being to northern localities.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewMy belovedדּוֹדִי֙ (dō·w·ḏî)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncleis to meלִ֔י (lî)Preposition | first person common singularStrong's Hebrew a clusterאֶשְׁכֹּ֨ל (’eš·kōl)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 811: A bunch of grapes, other fruitof henna blossomsהַכֹּ֤פֶר ׀ (hak·kō·p̄er)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 3724: A cover, a village, bitumen, the henna plant, a redemption-pricein the vineyardsבְּכַרְמֵ֖י (bə·ḵar·mê)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 3754: A garden, vineyardof En-gedi.גֶּֽדִי׃ (ge·ḏî)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 5872: Engedi -- 'spring of a kid', a place on west shore of the Dead SeaJump to PreviousBeloved Blossoms Branch Camphire Camphor Cluster Cypress Cypress-Tree En Engedi En-Gedi Gedi Henna Lover Vine-Gardens Vineyards
