Song of Songs

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Pronunciations

Song of Songs (SAWNG uhv SAWNGZ) listen

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Definitions

Example Sentences

  • "While Artscroll sees a literal interpretation of Song of Songs as blasphemous, Ashkenazi (together with Breuer and Barth) sees the book as teaching the values that make for a successful marriage." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • English

Etymology

  • English translation of the Hebrew title שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים‎ 'lit. song of songs'

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      Songs of Solomon, Song of Solomon

Notes

  • "This biblical book is a series of love songs, thought to be composed by King Solomon, probably around 400 B.C.E. It is often described as an allegory of the love between God and the Israelite people." (JPS)

    See also Shir ha-Shirim.

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