# Shulamite

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Biblical figure

For other uses, see [Shulamite (disambiguation)](/source/Shulamite_(disambiguation)).

[Gustave Moreau](/source/Gustave_Moreau), *Song of Songs: The Shulammite Maiden*

A **Shulamite** (or **Shulammite**; [Biblical Hebrew](/source/Biblical_Hebrew_language): שׁוּלַמִּית, romanized: *Šūlammîṯ*, [Koine Greek](/source/Koine_Greek_language): Σουλαμῖτις, romanized: *Soulamîtis*, [Medieval Latin](/source/Medieval_Latin_language): *Sūlamītis*) is the woman in [Hebrew Bible](/source/Hebrew_Bible), a lover of [King Solomon](/source/King_Solomon), mentioned by this appellation twice in the "[Song of Songs](/source/Song_of_Songs)".

## Background

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](/source/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

### Art

		- [Gustaf Wappers](/source/Gustaf_Wappers), *The Shulammite*, 1870

		- [Franz Pforr](/source/Franz_Pforr), *Maria and Shulammite*, 1811

		- [Albert Joseph Moore](/source/Albert_Joseph_Moore), *The Shulamite relating the Glories of King Solomon to her Maidens*, 1894

		- Statue in [Bom Jesus do Monte](/source/Bom_Jesus_do_Monte)

## See also

- [Shunamitism](/source/Shunamitism)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Pope, Marvin H.](/source/Marvin_H._Pope) (1977). [*Song of Songs*](https://ia800109.us.archive.org/29/items/AbLeviticus116Milgrom1991Opt/abSongOfSongs%20PopeMH%201982-opt.pdf) (PDF). The Anchor Bible Series 7C. Doubleday and Company, Inc. p. 107.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Carrier, A.S. (1893). ["A Study of the Form and Contents of the Song of Songs"](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/471319). *Biblical World*. **2** (4): 247–258. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1086/471319](https://doi.org/10.1086%2F471319).

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