Bible Strands
Song of Solomon 1:17
The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses her beloved while describing their shared dwelling, shifting from the natural bed in the preceding verse to the architectural framework of their home.
The words — The text highlights קֹר֤וֹת (ko.Rot) as the load-bearing beams and אֲרָזִ֔ים ('a.ra.Zim) as the cedar material, while רַהִיטֵ֖/נוּ (ra.chi.te./nu) and בְּרוֹתִֽים\׃ (be.ro.Tim) identify the upper framework as fragrant cypress.
The thread — Cedar construction echoes the temple roofing detailed in 1 Kings 6:9, the enduring growth described in Psalms 92:12, and the permanent foundations of Hebrews 11:10.
Why it lands — The verse states that the home’s structural framework consists of precious, fragrant timber, requiring the reader to recognize the durability and inherent value attributed to the materials.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
- Psalms 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- 1 Kings 6:9 So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.
- 2 Chronicles 2:8 Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours
- Song of Solomon 7:5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
- Song of Solomon 8:9 If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
- Ezekiel 41:16 as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.
- Ezekiel 42:3 Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
- 1 Timothy 3:15 in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
- 1 Peter 2:4 As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,