Apologetics Bible

SongofSolomon 5:1

Hebrew

בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה אָרִיתִי מוֹרִי עִם־בְּשָׂמִי אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם־דִּבְשִׁי שָׁתִיתִי יֵינִי עִם־חֲלָבִי אִכְלוּ רֵעִים שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ דּוֹדִֽים׃

va'tiy-leganiy-'achotiy-khalah-'ariytiy-mvoriy-'im-veshamiy-'akhaletiy-ya'eriy-'im-diveshiy-shatiytiy-yeyniy-'im-chalaviy-'ikhelv-re'iym-shetv-veshikherv-dvodiym

KJV: I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

AKJV: I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved. ¶

ASV: I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride:

YLT: I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:2

Hebrew

אֲנִי יְשֵׁנָה וְלִבִּי עֵר קוֹל ׀ דּוֹדִי דוֹפֵק פִּתְחִי־לִי אֲחֹתִי רַעְיָתִי יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי נִמְלָא־טָל קְוֻּצּוֹתַי רְסִיסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃

'aniy-yeshenah-veliviy-'er-qvol- -dvodiy-dvofeq-fitechiy-liy-'achotiy-ra'eyatiy-yvonatiy-tamatiy-shero'shiy-nimela'-tal-qevutzvotay-resiysey-layelah

KJV: I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

AKJV: I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

ASV: I was asleep, but my heart waked:

YLT: I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! `Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled with dew, My locks with drops of the night.'

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:3

Hebrew

פָּשַׁטְתִּי אֶת־כֻּתָּנְתִּי אֵיכָכָה אֶלְבָּשֶׁנָּה רָחַצְתִּי אֶת־רַגְלַי אֵיכָכָה אֲטַנְּפֵֽם׃

fashatetiy-'et-khutanetiy-'eykhakhah-'elevashenah-rachatzetiy-'et-ragelay-'eykhakhah-'atanefem

KJV: I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

AKJV: I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

ASV: I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on?

YLT: I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:4

Hebrew

דּוֹדִי שָׁלַח יָדוֹ מִן־הַחֹר וּמֵעַי הָמוּ עָלָֽיו׃

dvodiy-shalach-yadvo-min-hachor-vme'ay-hamv-'alayv

KJV: My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

AKJV: My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

ASV: My beloved put in his hand by the holeof the door,

YLT: My beloved sent his hand from the net-work, And my bowels were moved for him.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:5

Hebrew

קַמְתִּֽי אֲנִי לִפְתֹּחַ לְדוֹדִי וְיָדַי נָֽטְפוּ־מוֹר וְאֶצְבְּעֹתַי מוֹר עֹבֵר עַל כַּפּוֹת הַמַּנְעֽוּל׃

qametiy-'aniy-lifetocha-ledvodiy-veyaday-natefv-mvor-ve'etzeve'otay-mvor-'over-'al-khafvot-hamane'vl

KJV: I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

AKJV: I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, on the handles of the lock.

ASV: I rose up to open to my beloved;

YLT: I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the handles of the lock.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:6

Hebrew

פָּתַחְתִּֽי אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי חָמַק עָבָר נַפְשִׁי יָֽצְאָה בְדַבְּרוֹ בִּקַּשְׁתִּיהוּ וְלֹא מְצָאתִיהוּ קְרָאתִיו וְלֹא עָנָֽנִי׃

fatachetiy-'aniy-ledvodiy-vedvodiy-chamaq-'avar-nafeshiy-yatze'ah-vedavervo-viqashetiyhv-velo'-metza'tiyhv-qera'tiyv-velo'-'ananiy

KJV: I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

AKJV: I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

ASV: I opened to my beloved;

YLT: I opened to my beloved, But my beloved withdrew--he passed on, My soul went forth when he spake, I sought him, and found him not. I called him, and he answered me not.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:7

Hebrew

מְצָאֻנִי הַשֹּׁמְרִים הַסֹּבְבִים בָּעִיר הִכּוּנִי פְצָעוּנִי נָשְׂאוּ אֶת־רְדִידִי מֵֽעָלַי שֹׁמְרֵי הַחֹמֽוֹת׃

metza'uniy-hashomeriym-hasoveviym-va'iyr-hikhvniy-fetza'vniy-nashe'v-'et-rediydiy-me'alay-shomerey-hachomvot

KJV: The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

AKJV: The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

ASV: The watchmen that go about the city found me,

YLT: The watchmen who go round about the city, Found me, smote me, wounded me, Keepers of the walls lifted up my veil from off me.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:8

Hebrew

הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִם אִֽם־תִּמְצְאוּ אֶת־דּוֹדִי מַה־תַּגִּידוּ לוֹ שֶׁחוֹלַת אַהֲבָה אָֽנִי׃

hisheva'etiy-'etekhem-venvot-yervshalaim-'im-timetze'v-'et-dvodiy-mah-tagiydv-lvo-shechvolat-'ahavah-'aniy

KJV: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

AKJV: I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am sick of love. ¶

ASV: I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,

YLT: I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved--What do ye tell him? that I am sick with love!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:9

Hebrew

מַה־דּוֹדֵךְ מִדּוֹד הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים מַה־דּוֹדֵךְ מִדּוֹד שֶׁכָּכָה הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃

mah-dvodekhe-midvod-hayafah-vanashiym-mah-dvodekhe-midvod-shekhakhah-hisheva'etanv

KJV: What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

AKJV: What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women? what is your beloved more than another beloved, that you do so charge us?

ASV: What is thy beloved more than another beloved,

YLT: What is thy beloved above any beloved, O fair among women? What is thy beloved above any beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:10

Hebrew

דּוֹדִי צַח וְאָדוֹם דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָֽה׃

dvodiy-tzach-ve'advom-dagvl-merevavah

KJV: My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

AKJV: My beloved is white and ruddy, the most chief among ten thousand.

ASV: My beloved is white and ruddy,

YLT: My beloved is clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:11

Hebrew

רֹאשׁוֹ כֶּתֶם פָּז קְוּצּוֹתָיו תַּלְתַּלִּים שְׁחֹרוֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃

ro'shvo-khetem-faz-qevtzvotayv-taletaliym-shechorvot-kha'vorev

KJV: His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

AKJV: His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

ASV: His head isasthe most fine gold;

YLT: His head is pure gold--fine gold, His locks flowing, dark as a raven,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:12

Hebrew

עֵינָיו כְּיוֹנִים עַל־אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם רֹֽחֲצוֹת בֶּֽחָלָב יֹשְׁבוֹת עַל־מִלֵּֽאת׃

'eynayv-kheyvoniym-'al-'afiyqey-mayim-rochatzvot-vechalav-yoshevvot-'al-mile't

KJV: His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

AKJV: His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

ASV: His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks,

YLT: His eyes as doves by streams of water, Washing in milk, sitting in fulness.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:13

Hebrew

לְחָיָו כַּעֲרוּגַת הַבֹּשֶׂם מִגְדְּלוֹת מֶרְקָחִים שִׂפְתוֹתָיו שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּים נֹטְפוֹת מוֹר עֹבֵֽר׃

lechayav-kha'arvgat-havoshem-migedelvot-mereqachiym-shifetvotayv-shvoshaniym-notefvot-mvor-'over

KJV: His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

AKJV: His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

ASV: His cheeks are as a bed of spices,

YLT: His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips are lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:14

Hebrew

יָדָיו גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ מֵעָיו עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן מְעֻלֶּפֶת סַפִּירִֽים׃

yadayv-geliyley-zahav-memula'iym-vatareshiysh-me'ayv-'eshet-shen-me'ulefet-safiyriym

KJV: His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

AKJV: His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

ASV: His hands areasrings of gold set with beryl:

YLT: His hands rings of gold, set with beryl, His heart bright ivory, covered with sapphires,

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:15

Hebrew

שׁוֹקָיו עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ מְיֻסָּדִים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָז מַרְאֵהוּ כַּלְּבָנוֹן בָּחוּר כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃

shvoqayv-'amvdey-shesh-meyusadiym-'al-'adeney-faz-mare'ehv-khalevanvon-vachvr-kha'araziym

KJV: His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

AKJV: His legs are as pillars of marble, set on sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

ASV: His legs areaspillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold:

YLT: His limbs pillars of marble, Founded on sockets of fine gold, His appearance as Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

SongofSolomon 5:16

Hebrew

חִכּוֹ מַֽמְתַקִּים וְכֻלּוֹ מַחֲמַדִּים זֶה דוֹדִי וְזֶה רֵעִי בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

chikhvo-mametaqiym-vekhulvo-machamadiym-zeh-dvodiy-vezeh-re'iy-venvot-yervshalaim

KJV: His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

AKJV: His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

ASV: His mouth is most sweet;

YLT: His mouth is sweetness--and all of him desirable, This is my beloved, and this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!

Exposition: SongofSolomon 5:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.