Song Of Solomon 1:14
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of 4*camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
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Song Of Solomon 4:13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
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camphire-henna, Egyptian privet.
or, cypress, as others render it. It was an odoriferous plant growing in vineyards, and some think that it was a most pleasant kind of vine, like that which bears muscatel grapes; yea, some very learned men understand it of that plant which dropped balm, which grew in or near the place here specified, as is affirmed not only by the Jews, but also by pagan writers, as Diodorus and Trogus. Nor are we concerned to know which or what it was; it being confessed and evident, that it was some pleasant and grateful plant, and that it sets forth that great delight which the church hath in the enjoyment of Christ.
a pleasant and well-watered place in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:62 Eze 47:10, where there were many pleasant plants, whence it was called Hazazontamar, 2Ch 20:2.