Song of Solomon 8:13

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
dwellest	הַיוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת hai.yo.She.vet	H3427	properly · definite article + verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute
gardens	בַּגַּנִּ֗ים ba.ga.Nim	H1588	a garden (as fenced) · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders plural absolute
companions	חֲבֵרִ֛ים cha.ve.Rim	H2270	an associate · noun, common masculine plural absolute
hearken	מַקְשִׁיבִ֥ים mak.shi.Vim	H7181	to prick up the ears · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine plural absolute
voice	לְקוֹלֵ֖ךְ le.ko.Lekh	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
hear	הַשְׁמִיעִֽינִי hash.mi.'I.ni	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

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 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turnet…
Judges 11:38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
Judges 14:11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
Psalms 45:14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Psalms 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Song of Solomon 2:13-14 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away…
Song of Solomon 3:7-11 Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

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Commentary

John Gill on Song of Solomon 8:13

Thou that dwellest in the gardens,.... These are the words of Christ to the church, describing her by her habitation, and may be rendered, "O thou, inhabitress of the gardens" (i); the word used being in the feminine gender, which determines the sense of it, as belonging to the church: but the Septuagint version renders it by a word in the masculine gender; and so Ambrose (k), who interprets the words as spoken by the church to Christ; though he observes that Symmachus and Aquila interpret them as the words of Christ to the church. By the "gardens" are meant particular congregations, the dwelling places of the church, and where she has work to do by her ministers, to plant, water, prune, and…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Song of Solomon 8:13

The scene has changed from that of the lease payment to the more familiar and pleasant gardens. • your companions: It appears that the wife may be talking with her friends. Her man is gently jealous and wants her to himself.

Rashi on Song of Solomon 8:13

You who sit in the gardens. The Holy One, Blessed Is He, says to the congregation of Yisroel, “You, who are scattered in exile, grazing in the gardens of strangers and sitting in synagogues and study halls.” Companions listen to your voice. The ministering angels your friends, children of God like you, hearken and come to listen to your voice in the synagogues. Let me hear [your voice]. And afterwards, they will sanctify [My Name], as it is stated, “When the morning stars sing together.”22Iyov 38:7. These are the Israelites, and afterwards, “and all the angels of God shout praise.”23Ibid.

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