the (lower) leg (as a runner) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
pillars
עַמּ֣וּדֵי'a.Mu.dei
H5982
a column (as standing) · noun, common masculine plural construct
marble
שֵׁ֔שׁShesh
H8336
bleached stuff · noun, common masculine singular absolute
set
מְיֻסָּדִ֖יםme.yu.sa.Dim
H3245
to set (literally or figuratively) · verb, pual passive participle, masculine plural absolute
sockets
אַדְנֵי'ad.nei-
H134
a basis (of a building · noun, common masculine plural construct
gold
פָ֑זFaz
H6337
pure (gold) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
countenance
מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙mar.'E.hu
H4758
a view (the act of seeing) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Lebanon
כַּלְּבָנ֔וֹןka.le.va.Non
H3844
Lebanon · preposition with the article + proper noun, a place name
excellent
בָּח֖וּרba.Chur
H977
properly · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
cedars
כָּאֲרָזִֽיםka.'a.ra.Zim
H730
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
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
1 Kings 4:33 And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts,…
Revelation 1:15-16 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Exodus 26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under a…
Judges 13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God…
Psalms 92:12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Song of Solomon 2:14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sw…
Song of Solomon 4:11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebano…
Song of Solomon 7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon w…
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 5:15
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold,.... The allusion may be to the "femoralia", or garments on the thighs of the high priest when he ministered in holy things, who was a type of Christ; which were made of thee twined linen, and, as the Rabbins say (e), of thread six times doubled; and so must sit very full and stiff, and be like pillars of marble, for colour, firmness, and stiffness; and below which was the hem of the holy robe: and, round about that, were pomegranates and golden bells, and which may be alluded to in the next clause, "set upon sockets of fine gold"; or else the allusion may be to the custom (f) of the eastern countries, where they sandals, bound…
Lebanon was to the north of Israel and contained legendary cedar trees that were large, stately, and pleasantly fragrant.
Rashi on Song of Solomon 5:15
His legs. Are like pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold.
Pillars of marble. Pillars of marble שַׁיִשׁ=שֵׁשׁ, and a similar word appears in Megillas Esther, “upon silver rods and marble שֵׁשׁ columns.”49Esther 1:6. His appearance is as tall as the cedars of the Levanon.
Chosen like the cedars. Chosen among the sons as the cedar among the other trees.
"His form is like choice incense, like cedars." Here again she makes reference to the fact of two natures, calling the divine nature "incense" since by the law incense was offered to God, and by "cedar" referring to the human nature in its not being affected by the rottenness of sin, the cedar of all trees not going rotten.
Who indeed but Christ could dare to claim the church as his bride, whom he alone, and none other, has called from Libanus, saying, "Come here from Lebanon, my bride; come here from Lebanon"? Or of whom else could the church have said, "His throat is sweetness, and he is altogether desirable"? And seeing that we entered upon this discussion from speaking of the shoes of his feet, to whom else but the Word of God incarnate can those words apply? "His legs are pillars of marble, set upon bases of gold." For Christ alone walks in the souls and makes his path in the minds of his saints, in which, as upon bases of gold and foundations of precious stone the heavenly Word has left his footprints ineffaceably impressed.
A pillar must rest on the foundation of truth. Truth is golden, and its bases are the bridegroom's legs adorning his hands and head. The foundation may be interpreted as marble. We understand by the Song's words that the body's legs are marble pillars, that is, those persons who support and bear the body of the church by exemplary lives and sound words. Through them the base of our faith is firm, the course of virtue is completed, and the entire body is raised on high by our longing for God's promise. Truth and stability guide the church's body. Gold represents truth, which, according to Paul, is called the foundation of the divine edifice. … Christ is the truth upon whom are founded the legs, or pillars of the church.
The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).
Dictionary and topics
Lebanon — White, “the white mountain of Syria,” is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel…
Cedar, The · Illustrative of: Majesty, strength, and glory of Christ — Illustrative of: Majesty, strength, and glory of Christ
Love To Christ · His personal excellence is deserving of — His personal excellence is deserving of
Marble · Pillars of — Pillars of
Pillars · Illustrative of: Stability of Christ — Illustrative of: Stability of Christ
Preciousness Of Christ · Illustrated — Illustrated
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).
