The mandrakes produce fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 13. Mandrakes. Hebrew dodai comes from the same root as dodi, “my breasts or loves.” verse 12. Bible.—It may denote oranges, as mandrakes are not spring-fruits. Genesis 30:14. Calmet.—Yet ( Bible.) married women eagerly sought after mandrakes. Here they may signify such as are fit to gain souls to Christ. Menochius.—And the old. Or great abundance. Leviticus 26:10. Matthew 13:52. Calmet.—She acknowledges Christ to be the Saviour of all, under the Old and the New Testament. Worthington.—A doctor of the Church shews Christ in the prophets, and figures of the law, as well as manifested in the gospel. Aponius, and so forth Calmet.