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Song of Solomon 8:6

King James Version (KJV)

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Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals thereof [are] coals of fire, [which hath] a most vehement flame.

Song of Solomon 8:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Song of Solomon 8:6

Theological / Devotional

Set me as a seal. The bride is speaking, as is evident in the Hebrew by the masculine form of “thee.” The Hebrew word for “seal,” chotham, means signet ring (see Ex. 28:11, 21; Job 38:14; 41:45; Jer. 22:24). The Hebrews sometimes wore the signet ring suspended upon the breast by a string. Solomon’s bride wants her husband to view her as such a precious signet ring.

Coals. Heb. reshaphim, “flames,” “firebolts,” translated “hot thunderbolts” in Ps. 78:48.

A most vehement flame. Literally, “a flame of Jehovah.” Probably the lightning.

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