Song of Solomon 3:10

He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
made	עָ֣שָׂה 'A.sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
pillars	עַמּוּדָיו֙ 'a.mu.Dav	H5982	a column (as standing) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
silver	כֶ֔סֶף Khe.sef	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
bottom	רְפִידָת֣וֹ re.fi.da.To	H7507	a railing (as spread along) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
gold	זָהָ֔ב za.Hav	H2091	gold · noun, common masculine singular absolute
covering	מֶרְכָּב֖וֹ mer.ka.Vo	H4817	a chariot · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
purple	אַרְגָּמָ֑ן 'ar.ga.Man	H713	purple (the color or the dyed stuff) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
midst	תּוֹכוֹ֙ to.Kho	H8432	a bisection · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
paved	רָצ֣וּף ra.Tzuf	H7528	to tessellate · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
love	אַהֲבָ֔ה 'a.ha.Vah	H160	affection (in a good or a bad sense) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
daughters	מִבְּנ֖וֹת mi.be.Not	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 87:3 Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Song of Solomon 1:5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Ephesians 3:18-19 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
1 Timothy 3:15-16 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, t…
Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him t…
Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

John Gill on Song of Solomon 3:10

He made the pillars thereof of silver,.... The truths and doctrines of the Gospel are the "pillars" of it; which, like pillars, are solid and substantial, and continue firm and immovable, and are of great use to support the children of God under the several trials and exercises they are attended with; and, for their utility, value, and duration, are said to be of "silver", and are as carefully to be sought for and into as that is, and even to be preferred to it, being of more worth than "thousands of gold and silver"; the ministers of the Gospel are sometimes compared to pillars, and the church itself is said to be the pillar and ground of truth, Galatians 2:9; the bottom thereof of gold; C…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Song of Solomon 3:9-10

The materials out of which King Solomon’s carriage was made befit his wealth and power, including the same expensive Lebanese wood that was used in building the Temple (1 Kgs 5:5-6). • decorated with love by the young women of Jerusalem: Beyond all his splendor, Solomon was admired and served with love, even by his servants.

Rashi on Song of Solomon 3:10

Its covering. His resting place and His dwelling were on the Ark cover, which is gold.11See Shemos 25:17, 22. Its curtain of purple wool. This is the dividing curtain,12Separating the “Holy Place” from the “Holy of Holies,” See Shemos 26:31,33. which hangs and “rides” on poles from pillar to pillar. Its interior bedecked. It was arranged with a floor [displaying] love;13Alternatively, “its interior filled with burning love.” In Yeshayahu 6:6, “רצפה” means “burning coal.” (Tzror Hamor) the Ark and its cover, cherubim and Tablets. From the daughters of Yerusholayim. These are the [Bnei] Yisroel, who fear and are wholehearted toward the Holy One, Blessed Is He.

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The Church Fathers

He made its columns of silver. James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be columns. He made these columns of silver, in truth, because He established holy teachers in the splendor of the heavenly word to confirm the faith and to uplift the state of the Church.
— Bede, Commentary on the Song of Songs

It is written that there was put on him a crown of thorns. Of this hear in the Canticles the voice of God the Father marveling at the iniquity of Jerusalem in the insult done to his Son: "Go forth and see, you daughters of Jerusalem, the crown with which his mother has crowned him."
— Tyrannius Rufinus, COMMENTARY ON THE APOSTLES' CREED 22

Every king is proclaimed by soldiers. It was fitting that Jesus also, in figure, be crowned by soldiers. For this reason Scripture says in the Canticles: "Daughters of Jerusalem, come forth and look upon King Solomon in the crown with which his mother has crowned him." But the crown was also a mystery, for it was a remission of sins and release from the sentence of condemnation.
— Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 13:17

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Dictionary and topics

Colour — The subject of colours holds an important place in the Scriptures. White occurs as the translation of various Hebrew words. It is applied to milk (Gen. 49:12), manna (Ex. 16:31), snow (Isa. 1:18),…
Pillars · Made of: Silver — Made of: Silver

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).