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His headרֹאשׁוֹis fine gold,כֶּתֶםpure gold;פָּזhis curlsקְוּצּוֹתָיוare palm clusters,תַּלְתַּלִּיםblackשְׁחֹרוֹתas the raven.כָּעוֹרֵב
Song of Songs 5:11
Study it in the app“His head is fine gold, pure gold; his curls are palm clusters, black as the raven.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 5:11, word by word
- His headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- is fine goldכֶּתֶםketem
gold, fine gold
Gold, especially pure gold as it comes from the mine. A poetic word.
Where else “ketem” appears- pure goldפָּזpaz
pure gold
Refined gold, pure gold.
Where else “paz” appears- his curlsקְוּצּוֹתָיkeutsotay
lock of hair
A lock or curl of hair.
Where else “keutsotay” appears- are palm clustersתַּלְתַּלִּיםtaltalim
palm frond
A cluster or frond of a palm tree; wavy hair.
Where else “taltalim” appears- blackשְׁחֹרוֹתshechorot
black
Black, dark.
Where else “shechorot” appears- as the ravenעוֹרֵבorev
raven
Raven.
Where else “orev” appears
The context
10My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.
11 · This verse (above)
12His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathing in milk, sitting beside the abundance.