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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Biblical figure For other uses, see Shulamite (disambiguation).

A Shulamite (or Shulammite; Biblical Hebrew: שׁוּלַמִּית, romanized: Šūlammîṯ, Koine Greek: Σουλαμῖτις, romanized: Soulamîtis, Medieval Latin: Sūlamītis) is the woman in Hebrew Bible, a lover of King Solomon, mentioned by this appellation twice in the "Song of Songs".

Background

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She is most likely called the Shulammite because she came from an unidentified place called Shulem. Many scholars consider Shulammite to be synonymous with Shunammite ("person from Shunem"). Shunem was a village in the territory of Issachar, north of Jezreel and south of Mount Gilboa. Other scholars link Shulem with Salem, believing Solomon's bride was from Jerusalem. Still others believe that the title Shulammite ("peaceful") is simply the bride's married name, being the feminine form of Solomon ("peaceful") and only used after her marriage to the king.[1]

Solomon uses passionate language to describe his bride and their love (Song 4:1–15). Solomon clearly loved the Shulammite—and he admired her character as well as her beauty (Song 6:9). Everything about the Song of Solomon portrays the fact that this bride and groom were passionately in love and that there was mutual respect and friendship, as well (Song 8:6–7).[2]

Shulamite in culture

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Art

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• Gustaf Wappers, The Shulammite, 1870
• Franz Pforr, Maria and Shulammite, 1811
• Albert Joseph Moore, The Shulamite relating the Glories of King Solomon to her Maidens, 1894
• Statue in Bom Jesus do Monte

See also

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• Shunamitism

References

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1. ^ Pope, Marvin H. (1977). Song of Songs (PDF). The Anchor Bible Series 7C. Doubleday and Company, Inc. p. 107.
2. ^ Carrier, A.S. (1893). "A Study of the Form and Contents of the Song of Songs". Biblical World. 2 (4): 247–258. doi:10.1086/471319.

v t e Song of Songs
Bible chapters	Song of Songs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Places	Carmel Damascus En-gedi Gilead Heshbon Jerusalem Jezreel Kedar Lebanon Mount Hermon Sharon Tirzah Zion
People	Amminadib David Shulamite Solomon Queen of Sheba
Phrases	Ivory tower Lily of the valley Rose of Sharon Veniat dilectus meus
Analysis	Shir HaShirim Rabbah Shir ha-Shirim Zutta Israelian Hebrew Five Megillot Poetic Books
In art	The Song of Songs (1853 painting) The Beloved (Rossetti) Sponsa de Libano Song of Songs (Tschirch)
Manuscripts	4Q106 4Q107 4Q108 6Q6 4Q240 (pesher)
Sources	Hebrew Bible Septuagint Wycliffe Version King James Version American Standard Version World English Version

Authority control databases
International	VIAF GND
National	United States Israel
People	DDB
Other	Yale LUX

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