Song of Solomon 5:1

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
come	בָּ֣אתִי Ba.ti	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
garden	לְגַנִּי֮ le.ga.Ni	H1588	a garden (as fenced) · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix
sister	אֲחֹתִ֣י 'a.cho.Ti	H269	a sister (used very widely (like brother) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
spouse	כַלָּה֒ kha.Lah	H3618	a bride (as if perfect) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
gathered	אָרִ֤יתִי 'a.Ri.ti	H717	to pluck · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
myrrh	מוֹרִי֙ mo.Ri	H4753	myrrh (as distilling in drops · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
spice	בְּשָׂמִ֔י be.sa.Mi	H1313	the balsam plant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
eaten	אָכַ֤לְתִּי 'a.Khal.ti	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
honeycomb	יַעְרִי֙ ya'.Ri	H3293	a copse of bushes · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
honey	דִּבְשִׁ֔י div.Shi	H1706	honey (from its stickiness) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
drunk	שָׁתִ֥יתִי sha.Ti.ti	H8354	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
wine	יֵינִ֖י yei.Ni	H3196	wine (as fermented) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
milk	חֲלָבִ֑י cha.la.Vi	H2461	milk (as the richness of kine) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
eat	אִכְל֣וּ 'ikh.Lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
friends	רֵעִ֔ים re.'Im	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
drink	שְׁת֥וּ she.Tu	H8354	to imbibe (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
abundantly	וְשִׁכְר֖וּ ve.shikh.Ru	H7937	to become tipsy · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
beloved	דּוֹדִֽים do.Dim	H1730	(figuratively) to love · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Song of Solomon 6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Song of Solomon 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, a…
Song of Solomon 4:9-14 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him ta…
Proverbs 9:5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
Song of Solomon 8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
Isaiah 51:3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the ga…
Isaiah 55:1-2 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without…

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Commentary

John Gill on Song of Solomon 5:1

I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse,.... This verse should rather have concluded the preceding chapter, being Christ's answer to the church's request, which was speedily and exactly granted as she desired; which shows it was according to the will of Christ, and of which he informs her; for sometimes he is present, when it is not known he is: of the titles used, see Sol 4:8; and of Christ's coming into his garden, Sol 4:16. What he did, when come into it, follows: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice: to make an ointment of, and anoint his guests with, after invited, as was usual in those times and countries, Luke 7:38; "oil of myrrh" is mentioned, Esther 2:12; These may designs…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Song of Solomon 5:1

I have entered my garden . . . myrrh with my spices . . . honeycomb with my honey . . . wine with my milk: In penetrating the garden, the man finds that there is no limit to what he can enjoy. They are ecstatic over finally unlocking the vast enjoyment of intercourse. • drink deeply of your love! The young women of Jerusalem encourage the couple to enjoy their sexual union to the fullest; there can be no guilt or shame in the deepest pleasure between husband and wife.

Rashi on Song of Solomon 5:1

I have come to my garden. In the days of the dedication of the Beis Hamikdosh. I have gathered. I gathered, and it is a term of the Mishnah, “as much space [as is required by] a gatherer אוֹרֶה and his basket.”1Mishnayos Shvi’is 1:2. The term אורה there refers to the harvest of figs. (Sifsei Chachomim) It is also a term found in Scripture, “and all wayfarers have plucked וְאָרוּהָ its fruit.”2Tehillim 80:13. And this was stated in regard to the incense, which they burned as an individual incense offering—the tribal princes on the outside altar and it was accepted.3This incense offering was unusual in two ways. First, because it was an individual offering instead of a communal one; and becau…

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The Church Fathers

"I have eaten my bread with my honey." This solid is gathered from the flowers of various virtues by the cooperative work of those bees that proclaim wisdom. Holy church puts it in honeycombs so that it may be the food of Christ.
— Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Virginity 16:98

But this drunkenness makes the sober; this drunkenness is of grace, not of intoxication. It generates joy, not stumbling. Do not fear that in the banquet of the Church there will be lacking pleasant smells, sweet foods, different drinks, or noble guests, or respectable attendants. What is more noble than Christ, who both serves and is served in the banquet of the Church?
— Ambrose of Milan, On Cain and Abel 1.5.19

The place of his burial was a garden.… What is he going to say who was buried in the garden? "I gather my myrrh, and my spices"; and again, "Myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices." These were the tokens of his burial, and in the Gospels it is said, "The women came to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared," and "there also came Nicodemus, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes."
— Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 14:11

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Dictionary and topics

Balm — Contracted from Bal’sam, a general name for many oily or resinous substances which flow or trickle from certain trees or plants when an incision is made through the bark. (1.) This word occurs in the…
Honey — (1.) Heb. ya’ar, occurs only 1 Sam. 14:25, 27, 29; Cant. 5:1, where it denotes the honey of bees. Properly the word signifies a forest or copse, and refers to honey found in woods. (2.) Nopheth,…
Diet Of The Jews, The · Articles used for: Honey — Articles used for: Honey
Food · .Honey — .Honey
Gardens · Often used for: Entertainments — Often used for: Entertainments
Honey · Was eaten: With the honeycomb — Was eaten: With the honeycomb
Love Of Christ, The · To his church — — To his church —
Milk · Used for food — Used for food
Myrrh · A product of the land of — A product of the land of
Titles And Names Of The Church · Spouse of Christ — Spouse of Christ
Wine · Sometimes mixed with milk as a beverage — Sometimes mixed with milk as a beverage

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).