Song of Solomon 3:9

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
King	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה she.lo.Moh	H8010	Shelomah · proper noun, a man's name
made	עָ֤שָׂה 'A.sah	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
chariot	אַפִּרְי֗וֹן 'a.pir.Yon	H668	a palanquin · noun, common masculine singular absolute
wood	מֵעֲצֵ֖י me.'a.Tzei	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Lebanon	הַלְּבָנֽוֹן ha.le.va.Non	H3844	Lebanon · definite article + 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

Song of Solomon 3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
2 Samuel 23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my…
Revelation 14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every…

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Commentary

John Gill on Song of Solomon 3:9

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. The word translated chariot is only used in this place; some render it a bride chamber (u); others a nuptial bed (w), such as is carried from place to place; it is used in the Misnah (x) for the nuptial, bed, or open chariot, in which the bride was carried from her father's house to her husband's. The Septuagint render it by a word near in sound to that in the Hebrew text, and was the "lectica" of the ancients, somewhat like our "sedan"; some of which were adorned with gold and precious stones, and had silver feet (y), or pillars, as follows: it seems upon the whole to be the nuptial chariot in which, according to Pausanias (z), th…

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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 3:9

A canopy has [King Shlomo] made. This refers to the Tent of Meeting, which was established in the Tabernacle at Shiloh; He made for Himself a crowning canopy for [His] glory.

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The Church Fathers

King Solomon made himself a palanquin, etc. It is called a palanquin because it carries the bodies of those seated or reclining at a banquet, or because it is usually carried from place to place according to the opportunity of the times. The holy Church is rightly compared to this, as it lifts believers to the feast of eternal happiness and is carried throughout the entire world by the ministry of its preachers. But the Lord made this palanquin for Himself from the woods of Lebanon, because He built the Church from souls strong in spirit and steadfast in constancy. Indeed, the woods of Lebanon excel greatly in height, appearance, and their incorruptible nature.
— Bede, Commentary on the Song of Songs

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Dictionary and topics

Bed · Ma — Ma
Beds · Made of: Wood — Made of: Wood
Cedar, The · Used in: Making chariots — Used in: Making chariots

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).