Charles Ellicott Commentary Song Of Solomon 2:11

"For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;" — Song Of Solomon 2:11 (ASV)

Winter.—Hebrew, sethav, used only here; probably from a root meaning to overcast: the season of cloud and gloom.

The rain is over and gone.—Wordsworth uses this line in a description of an early spring in a very different climate.