Song of Solomon 7:9

“And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, etc.] Which may intend, either her taste, as the word is rendered in (<220203>Song of Solomon 2:3); by which she can distinguish good wine from bad, truth from error; or her breath, sweet and of a good smell, like the best wine; the breathings of her soul in prayer, which are sweet odours, perfumed with the incense of Christ’s mediation; or rather her speech, the words of her mouth; the roof of the mouth being an instrument of speech; the same word is sometimes rendered “the mouth”, (<220516>Song of Solomon 5:16 <200503>Proverbs 5:3 <200807> Proverbs 8:7); and may denote both her speech in common conversation, which is warming, refreshing,…”

“A brief dialogue; Song of Solomon 7:6-9 are spoken by the king, Song of Solomon 7:9 and Song of Solomon 7:10 by the bride. Song of Solomon 7:6 A general sentiment. How fair, and what a charm hast thou, O love! Among delightsome things! Compare Song of Solomon 2:7, note; Song of Solomon 8:6-7, note. Song of Solomon 7:7 This thy stature - The king now addresses the bride, comparing her to palm, vine, and apple-tree for nobility of form and pleasantness of fruit; and the utterances of her mouth to sweetest wine. Song of Solomon 7:9 For my beloved, that goeth down sweetly - Words of the bride interrupting the king, and finishing his sentence, that goeth smoothly or pleasantly for my beloved.…”

“Thy mouth - Thy speech, the palate being one of the principal instruments of speech. Wine - Grateful and refreshing for thee my beloved, who reapest the comfort and benefit of that pleasure which I take in thee. Causing - The most dull, and stupid, and sleepy persons to speak. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 7:10”

“7:9 The man compares the woman’s love and her kisses to wine in that they are delightful and make one light-headed (see 1:2).”

“the roof: Sol 2:14, Sol 5:16; Pro 16:24; Eph 4:29; Col 3:16, Col 3:17, Col 4:6; Heb 13:15 the best: Isa 62:8, Isa 62:9; Zac 9:15-17; Act 2:11-13, Act 2:46, Act 2:47, Act 4:31, Act 4:32, Act 16:30-34 sweetly: Heb. straightly those that are asleep: or, the ancient, Sol 5:2; Rom 13:11; Th1 4:13, Th1 4:14; Rev 14:13 Song of Solomon (Canticles) 7:10”

“9aa And thy palate like the best wine. יין הטּוב is wine of the good kind, i.e., the best, as רע אושׁת, Pro 6:24, a woman of a bad kind, i.e., a bad woman; the neut. thought of as adject. is both times the gen. of the attribute, as at Pro 24:25 it is the gen. of the substratum. The punctuation כּיּין הטּוב (Hitz.) is also possible; it gives, however, the common instead of the delicate poetical expression. By the comparison one may think of the expressions, jungere salivas oris (Lucret.) and oscula per longas jungere pressa moras (Ovid). But if we have rightly understood Sol 4:11; Sol 5:16, the palate is mentioned much rather with reference to the words of love which she whispers in his ears…”