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Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; 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, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses a "sister" and "bride" upon entering a garden, declaring personal consumption of gathered spices, honey, wine, and milk. This declaration immediately precedes the beloved's nighttime knocking and the speaker's subsequent response in Song 5:2.
The words — אָרִ֤יתִי ('a.Ri.ti) translates literally as "I have gathered," and מוֹרִ/י (mo.R/i) means "my myrrh," marking the speaker's active acquisition and possession of the garden's produce.
The thread — The garden motif recurs in Song 4:16 where the wind is called to breathe on the spices, in Song 4:9 where the beloved's heart is captured by a single glance, and in Song 6:2 where the beloved descends to the garden to tend flocks and gather lilies.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize the speaker's claim of exclusive access and consumption of the garden's bounty, then extend that invitation to "friends" and "beloved" to partake without restriction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Song of Solomon 6:2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
- Song of Solomon 4:16 Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
- Song of Solomon 4:9 You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
- Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- Proverbs 9:5 “Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
- Song of Solomon 8:13 You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
- Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.
- Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.