shushan

Finally, the word shushan is apparently a play on Solomon’s first compliment of Shulamith as “like a mare” susa.

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

The Hebrew name shushan or shoshan, i.e., "whiteness", was used as the general name of several plants common to Syria, such as the tulip, iris, anemone, gladiolus, ranunculus, etc.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

Certainly the shushan functions like a lotus flower in the Song.

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

His first praise of her as a mare (susa, 1.9) leads to her playful reference to herself as a shushan (2.1) and makes it seem less like a concept out of the blue.

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

Othmar Keel argues convincingly that this word, shushan, is the lotus—the water lily with beautiful flowers of blue or white.

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

The primary argument against identifying the shushan as the lotus here is the implication from its context that it is “among thorns,” which are imagined to be away from the water.

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004

actually it is sort of a purim weekend bc today is shushan purim, the day that cities that have been walled since the time of the story of purim celebrate the holiday jerusalem is one of those cities. when purim falls on friday they push shushan purim off to sunday so as not to take away from shabbos.

hamantaschen | smitten kitchen 2008

(a lily), is said to have received its name from the abundance of the lily (shushan or shushanah) in its neighborhood.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

Although scholars debate the botanical identity of the shushan, and the “flower of the Sharon plain,” all can agree that these two flowers, whatever they are, describe part of the blossoming of the land of Israel from God’s blessing Isaiah 35.1-2; Hosea 14.6-8.

Solomon’s Song of Love DR. CRAIG GLICKMAN 2004