Torah FeedThe Book of Song of Songs
Song of Songs is book 30 of 39 in the Tanakh, part of Ketuvim. It has 8 chapters and 117 verses.
Updated September 19, 2026
שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים
- Section
- Ketuvim
- Chapters
- 8
- Verses
- 117
- Longest chapter
- 1 (17 verses)
What Song of Songs is about
Song of Songs, Shir HaShirim, is a sequence of love poems. Jewish tradition reads it as the love between God and Israel, and Rabbi Akiva called it the holy of holies among the Writings. It is one of the five scrolls, read on Passover.
Opening verse
שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁלֹמֹה׃
THE song of songs, which is Solomon’s.