King James Version
What Does Song of Solomon 7:8 Mean?
“I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;”
Context
6
How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
7
This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
8
I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;
9
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. sweetly: Heb. straightly of those: or, of the ancient
10
I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(8) **Boughs.**—Heb. *sansan; *only here. Probably a form derived from the sound, like *salsal, zalzal, *&c, denoting the waving of the long feathery branches of the palm.
**Smell of thy nose**—*i.e.*, “fragrance of thy breath,” *ap = *nose being used apparently because of the resemblance of its root, *anap = *breathe, with that of *tappuach = *apple.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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Cross-References
Verses related to Song of Solomon 7:8
2 Corinthians 2:14
→John 14:21-23
→Song of Solomon 1:3
→Song of Solomon 4:16-5:1
→Jeremiah 32:41
→Song of Solomon 2:5
→Cross-references from Treasury of Scripture Knowledge