Song of Solomon 8:11 Explained in Context

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Verse 11. Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

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Quick Meaning

This verse describes Solomon's leased vineyard at Baal-hamon and its thousand-silver yield.

Read It With

Song of Solomon 8:11-12

Read Song of Solomon 8:11 with 8:11-12. This verse describes Solomon's leased vineyard at Baal-hamon and its thousand-silver yield. The complete unit establishes this movement: Solomon's vineyard yields a large rent through keepers, but the speaker sets 'my vineyard, which is mine' before herself and allocates what Solomon and the keepers may receive.

Why This Verse Appears Here

The collection returns to the vineyard taken from the woman in 1:6 and now lets a speaker claim possession and set terms against a Solomonic economy. Within that movement, this verse describes Solomon's leased vineyard at Baal-hamon and its thousand-silver yield.

Follow the Context

Solomon owns a vineyard at Baal-hamon.
He leases it to keepers for a thousand pieces of silver each or in total.
The speaker declares her own vineyard present and hers.
She names a thousand for Solomon and two hundred for the fruit keepers, whether granting payment, contrasting value, or refusing his claim.

Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation

“a thousand pieces of silver”

In plain language: a large vineyard return within an uncertain lease arrangement

describes Solomon's leased vineyard at Baal-hamon and its thousand-silver yield. Royal ownership and tenant labor create an economic frame for the next personal vineyard claim.

Why it matters: The wording carries interpretive or ethical risk requiring the complete unit and stated limits.

How certain? probable

What This Verse Is Not Saying

The royal vineyard does not authorize exploitative rent, labor extraction, or ownership of people.

What Remains True

Royal ownership and tenant labor create an economic frame for the next personal vineyard claim.

How It Can Shape Life

Examine who owns, works, and profits rather than romanticizing wealth.

Teach It Back

Explain Song of Solomon 8:11's contribution to Song of Solomon 8:11-12: describes Solomon's leased vineyard at Baal-hamon and its thousand-silver yield. Include what the surrounding lines add, the stated uncertainty, and what this verse does not authorize.

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Read Song of Solomon 8:11-12 — Solomon's Vineyard and the Vineyard That Is Mine

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How certain is this explanation? probable

Where care is needed

Baal-hamon may be a place or literary name, and the thousand may be total rent or each tenant's obligation.

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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Exact location: Song of Solomon 8:11-12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Song of Songs

Open Scriptures

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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Song.xml, 8:11-12

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translation and translator notes

NET Bible: The Song of Songs with translators' notes

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2006

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Exact location: NET Bible Song of Songs PDF, printed pp. 1260, translation and notes on 8:11-12

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