Song of Solomon Chapter 8 [SW talking about inexperience-turning shy] 1~~ "O that thou were as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother!" {SW is saying she wished SL 'had been my brother'. Therefore, she could have loved him forever without censor from her brothers and others.} [SW] ~~ "When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee {this kiss in Hebrew is the experienced kiss of a practiced prostitute}; yea, they {her brothers} should not despise you." [SW] 2~~ "I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house." {formal engagement idiom} [SW] ~~ "You will teach me." {shyness expressed. . . SW is a virgin and feels she is in need of instruction in physical love from SL.} [SW] ~~ "I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate." {female erotic symbol - she would make herself available to him at all times} [SW mumbling to SL as he drove away in the chariot] 3~~ "His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me." [SW] 4~~ "I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up nor awake love until she {love} pleases." {ACT 5 (8:05- 8:14)} {RIGHT MAN, RIGHT WOMAN -- EVERYTHING FALLING INTO PLACE - VERY BEAUTIFUL} [Bystanders in Shulam] 5~~ "Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?" [SW's mother hears and responds to bystanders] ~~ "I raised thee up under the apple tree." {I taught you to be a lady} [SW's mother] ~~ "There thy mother brought thee forth. There she brought thee forth that bare thee." {I brought her up right! Mother is defending herself} [SL dialog to SW] 6 ~~ "Impress me as with a signet ring upon thy heart {right lobe}, as a seal upon your fingers {body - indicates marriage}; for love. . . strong as death." [SW responds] ~~ "Jealousy. . . cruel as the grave." [SL ignores her and goes on with his thought] ~~ "Her flames . . . flames of fire, the intense flame from the Lord." {her love for her right man is very intense - word for 'Lord' is the one used when it applies to the believer and un-believers alike- right man/right woman is a relationship God gives to both believers and non-believers} [SL] 7~~ "Many waters are not able to extinguish the love." {'the love' of all right man/right woman combinations} [SL] ~~ "Neither can the floods drown it." [SL] ~~ "If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be despised." {but love can not be bought- it is a gift of God} [SW's first brother] 8 ~~ "We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts." {too young to marry idiom} [SW's second brother] ~~ "What shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?" [SW's first brother] 9 ~~ "If she be a wall {virgin}, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door {promiscuity}, we will enclose her with boards of cedar." {dim view if not virgin} [SW] 10 ~~ "I am a wall, and my breasts like towers." {says she is a virgin and ready for marriage} [SW] ~~ "Then was I in his eyes as one that found grace". {says SL is designed by God for her} [SW]11~~ "Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon." [SW] ~~ "He let out the vineyard unto keepers." [SW] ~~ "Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver." {Solomon was checking his business deal} [SW]12~~ "My vineyard, which is mine {indicates freedom of choice}, is before me." [SW] ~~ "Thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand." {women in his harem} [SW] ~~ "And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred." {200 Daughters of Jerusalem -explaining she was one of the virgins in the harem carrying for the wives and concubines of Solomon} [SW turning to her SL in front of her brothers]13~~ "Thou that dwellest in the gardens {SL has been in her 'pleasurable memories'}, the companions hearken to thy voice {the brothers listen}, caused me to hear it." [SW to her SL in front of her brothers]14~~ "Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices." {Idiom for there will be even greater memories with her right man in the future} {THE END}