King James Version
What Does Song of Solomon 2:11 Mean?
“For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;”
Context
9
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
10
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12
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;
13
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(11) **Winter**.—Heb., *sethav, *only used here; probably from root = *to overcast: *the season of cloud and gloom.
**The rain is over and gone.**—Wordsworth uses this line in a description of an early spring in a very different climate.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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