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Song. 8:1 This verse seems to indicate that, in Israelite culture, romantic kisses were reserved for private situations, while a kiss of family affection was considered appropriate in public. Thus, the woman wishes that her lover were a brother.
Song. 8:4 Here is the final instance of urging the daughters of Jerusalem not to stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time (compare 2:7; 3:5). The period of waiting is almost over.
Song. 8:5–14 The Lovers Join in Marriage. The pair have gone from yearning to be joined together, to actually being married and consummating their union. The tension of the previous chapters—the anxious waiting, the concern for propriety—gives way to relaxed enjoyment.
Song. 8:5 The Hebrew word for leaning implies that the man and woman are now married. In 2:3 the apple tree was a place of love; here it is the place of childbirth, which is what romantic love ideally leads to. I awakened you indicates that the woman sexually awakens the man as they consummate their marriage.
Song. 8:6 Love, like death, is persistent, always accomplishing its goal. flame of the Lord. This is the only mention of the divine name in the entire Song of Solomon, but it is fitting in a book of covenant wisdom. Both love and the jealous desire to protect one’s marriage are gifts from the Lord.
Song. 8:7 The image of many waters that cannot quench love continues the image of love as a fire in v. 6. Likewise, floods are unable to drown it.
Song. 8:14 For gazelle and young stag, see 2:7, 17. Mountains of spices refers to the woman (see 4:6). The Song of Solomon closes with the man and woman delighting themselves with their enjoyment of each other.
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