Song 5:13 | JFB | e4.org | 13. cheeks —the seat of beauty, according to the Hebrew meaning [GESENIUS ]. Yet men smote and spat on them ( ). bed —full, like the raised surface of the garden bed; fragrant with ointments, as beds with aromatic plants (literally, "balsam"). sweet flowers —rather, " terraces of aromatic herbs"—" high-raised parterres of sweet plants," in parallelism to "bed," which comes from a Hebrew root, meaning "elevation." lips — ( ). lilies —red lilies. Soft and gentle ( ). How different lips were man's ( )! dropping . . . myrrh —namely, His lips, just as the sweet dewdrops which hang in the calyx of the lily.

‏ Song of Solomon 5:13

13. cheeks—the seat of beauty, according to the Hebrew meaning [GESENIUS]. Yet men smote and spat on them (Isa 50:6).

bed—full, like the raised surface of the garden bed; fragrant with ointments, as beds with aromatic plants (literally, "balsam").

sweet flowers—rather, "terraces of aromatic herbs"—"high-raised parterres of sweet plants," in parallelism to "bed," which comes from a Hebrew root, meaning "elevation."

lips— (Ps 45:2; Joh 7:46).

lilies—red lilies. Soft and gentle (1Pe 2:22, 23). How different lips were man's (Ps 22:7)!

dropping . . . myrrh—namely, His lips, just as the sweet dewdrops which hang in the calyx of the lily.