Is Mohammed in the Bible? Solomon 5:16!
Does the Name of Muhammad Appear in Song of Solomon 5:16?
Song of Solomon 5 Verse 16
"His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my lover, this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
This is from the Song of Solomon [or] the Song of Songs.
"His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my lover, this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
This is from the Song of Solomon [or] the Song of Songs.
Historical Background:
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Aleppo Codex Joshua - Circa 900 BC |
The name of the book ("The Song of Songs of Solomon") comes from a superscription: "The song of songs, which is Solomon's."
Song of Solomon is a poetic love story between the Beloved and her Lover. It is a piece that explores the beauty of a marriage relationship between a king and his wife. Certain Christians also refer this the prophesy of Jesus Christ and Church. Jews refer it to the love song between Solomon and his many wives. Authorship is attributed to Solomon the King
We cannot change the adjectival clause "altogether lovely" can be changed to a proper noun, "Muhammad." The text, they state, should then read, when translated into English:
"His mouth is sweetness itself; he is Muhammad. This is my lover, this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
What, then, is this prophecy saying? The stressed words in the text above are the English renderings of the Hebrew word, machmad. Strong's concordance and meaning of this word machmad is defined as: desire, desirable thing, a pleasant thing, goodness.
So, can machmad signify Muhammad?
The word machmad appears another twelve times in the Old Testament.
Intent on finding the Arabic name of Muhammad in the Hebrew word
machmad, it is important that they remain consistent. Therefore, printing few of the twelve verses below and leave it to you to ascertain whether they fit.
(Note: There has been complete consistency in now translating this
word; just as it was done in translating the Song of Solomon verse)
1 Kings 20 Verse 6
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
2 Chronicles 36 Verse 19
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
Isaiah 64 Verse 11
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Lamentations 1 Verse 11
11All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
Ezekiel 24 Verse 21
21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
There are other seven references which employ machmad and see for yourself whether Muhammad would fit. They are: Isaiah 64:11, Lamentations 1:10, Lamentations 2:4, Ezekiel 24:16, Ezekiel 24:25, Hosea 9:6, Hosea 9:16 and Joel 3:5.
One more good look at it with another perspective...
- Song of Songs 5 Verse 16
- "His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
- Problem:
- The underlined word is the Hebrew Machmaddim. Its is thereby claimed that this word is a reference to Muhammad for two reasons,
- The word Machmad (singular of Machmaddim) sounds a bit like the name Muhammad
- The word Machmad means The praised one (i.e. the one worthy of praise); this, they assert, must be Muhammad!
- Solution:
- The logic of the assertion that the word Machmad is Muhammad because the two words sound a bit similar is somewhat specious. The name John sounds a bit like the Arabic Jinn, but there is no connection between the two. Similarly a connection on the grounds that the word means "the praised one" falls short of a guaranteed logical link; has only one person in the world ever been praised?
- The context of the passage identifies the person described as Machmad as someone in the time of Solomon (Song 3:11) who is loved by a Shulamite (Song 6:13). He is red-haired (Song 5:10). None of these descriptions fits Muhammad who never visited Shunem in his life.
- A search of all the occurrences of the word Machmad in the Bible shows that the word has nothing to do with praise. It simply refers to whatever is desirable for whatever reason and is derived from the root chamad which means desire.
The
word Machmad claimed to Muhammad appears in many other places in the
scriptures and meaning that are not appropriate for any man. The others
tell one that
Machmad was destroyed (2 Chron. 36:19), was to be laid waste (Isa.
64:10-11), has been taken captive by an enemy (Lam. 1:10), has been
traded for food (Lam. 1:11), has been slain by God (Lam. 2:4; Hos.
9:16), has been removed by God (Ezek. 24:16), is to be profaned by God
(Ezek. 24:21), is to be buried in nettles (Hos. 9:6) and been carried
away by pagans into their temples (Joel 3:5). So, this word 'Machmad' does not mean in any way Muhammad's name.
One more thought that strikes is how Islamists try and prove from the Bible the text. This is purely because the Bible does not need any support as its self sufficient, with original authored manuscripts available in Israel, archaeological evidence ridden, prophecy fulfilled and fulfilling, Word of God.
Quran needs references, Muhammad needs references. Because it talks about the same God of Israel but customized to suit the conquests, expansions, of one man. If its everything in everything; why does everyone want to cling to the Bible to assert genuinity; is that not a reference and the acknowledgement that Quran stands empty without the earlier word of God. Well to support this, even Muhammad himself is commanded by God thus [as per his recording in Quran]...
"ALLAH is HE besides Whom there is none worthy of worship, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. HE has sent down to thee the Book containing the truth and fulfilling that which precedes it; and HE has sent down the Torah (Law of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guidance to the people; and HE has sent down the Discrimination (judgement between right and wrong)."— Qur'an, Surah 3:3-4
HallelAmen
If its true then we may also want to
take to value conversely, a Hindu could claim that in Sura 30:1, the
word al-rum (for Romans), which can be written Ram, must be referring to
the Hindu deity Rama?
Quran needs references, Muhammad needs references. Because it talks about the same God of Israel but customized to suit the conquests, expansions, of one man. If its everything in everything; why does everyone want to cling to the Bible to assert genuinity; is that not a reference and the acknowledgement that Quran stands empty without the earlier word of God. Well to support this, even Muhammad himself is commanded by God thus [as per his recording in Quran]...
"ALLAH is HE besides Whom there is none worthy of worship, the Living, the Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining. HE has sent down to thee the Book containing the truth and fulfilling that which precedes it; and HE has sent down the Torah (Law of Moses) and the Gospel (of Jesus) before this, as a guidance to the people; and HE has sent down the Discrimination (judgement between right and wrong)."— Qur'an, Surah 3:3-4
HallelAmen
Islam must accept that the Bible is genuine, before, now, and forever more shall be. Amen. Islam is a forgery of some exceptional state.
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