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Song of Solomon 7:12 Explained in Context
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Verse 12. 12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
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Quick Meaning
This verse proposes early vineyard inspection and says there she will give her loves.
Read It With
- Song of Solomon 7:11-13
Read Song of Solomon 7:12 with 7:11-13. This verse proposes early vineyard inspection and says there she will give her loves. The complete unit establishes this movement: The woman invites the beloved into field, village, and vineyard, names when and where she will give her love, and presents fragrant fruit she has kept for him.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The lyric answers the man's stated desire with the woman's own concrete invitation and conditions, strengthening the collection's portrayal of mutual agency. Within that movement, this verse proposes early vineyard inspection and says there she will give her loves.
Follow the Context
- She asks the beloved to go out with her.
- She proposes lodging in villages or among henna plants.
- She chooses early vineyard inspection as the next movement.
- There, she says, she will give her loves.
- Mandrakes and stored fruits close the invitation with scent and abundance.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“there will I give thee my loves”
In plain language: the woman explicitly locates her intended gift of love
proposes early vineyard inspection and says there she will give her loves. She names place, time, conditions, and gift in first-person speech.
Why it matters: The wording carries interpretive or ethical risk requiring the complete unit and stated limits.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
Giving love at the vineyard does not create a permanent sexual duty or permission elsewhere.
What Remains True
She names place, time, conditions, and gift in first-person speech.
How It Can Shape Life
- Receive intimate giving only within the scope the giver actually names.
Teach It Back
Explain Song of Solomon 7:12's contribution to Song of Solomon 7:11-13: proposes early vineyard inspection and says there she will give her loves. Include what the surrounding lines add, the stated uncertainty, and what this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Song of Solomon 7:11-13 — Her Invitation to the Fields and VineyardsSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Literal horticulture and erotic metaphor are deliberately intertwined.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Song of Solomon 7:11-13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Song of Songs
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, speaker-gender signals, wordplay, poetic clauses, and translation questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Song.xml, 7:11-13
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NET Bible: The Song of Songs with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level textual, grammatical, literary, historical, and translation alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible Song of Songs PDF, printed pp. 1256-1257, translation and notes on 7:11-13
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