Song of Solomon 1:17 meaning and explanation
The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
Song of Solomon 1:17, Berean Standard Bible
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In the closing verses of this opening poem, the woman answers her beloved's praise by describing the place where they meet. The "house" is not a palace but the open countryside: cedar beams and fragrant rafters are poetic images for living trees and forest shade, matching the "soft grass" bed of the previous verse.
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