King James Version
Song of Solomon 2:11 in the King James Version says “For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;” — study this verse from Song of Solomon chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;”
Song of Solomon 2:11 · KJV
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. shewing: Heb. flourishing
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
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;
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“is past”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“is over”
H2498properly, to slide by, i.e., (by implication) to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce or change
“and gone”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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