King James Version
Song of Solomon 2:5 in the King James Version says “Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. comfort: Heb. straw me with apples” — study this verse from Song of Solomon chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. comfort: Heb. straw me with apples”
Song of Solomon 2:5 · KJV
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. I sat: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc taste: Heb. palate
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. banqueting: Heb. house of wine
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. comfort: Heb. straw me with apples
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. I charge: Heb. I adjure you
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Stay”
H5564to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)
“me with flagons”
H809something closely pressed together, i.e., a cake of raisins or other comfits
“me with apples”
H8598an apple (from its fragrance), i.e., the fruit or the tree (probably including others of the pome order, as the quince, the orange, etc.)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for I am sick”
H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to stroke (in flattering), entreat
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