Song of Songs 6:7

“Like a slice of pomegranate is your temple behind your veil.”

Song of Songs 6:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Song of Songs 6:7, word by word

Like a sliceפֶלַחfelach

slice

A cut part of something round, like a pomegranate.

Where else “felach” appears
of pomegranateרִמּוֹןrimon

pomegranate

The red many-seeded fruit, or an ornament shaped like it.

Where else “rimon” appears
is your templeרַקָּתֵrakate

temple (of the head)

Temple: the side of the head, the thin part between the eye and the ear.

Where else “rakate” appears
your veilצַמָּתֵtsamate

veil

A veil.

Where else “tsamate” appears

The context

6Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and none is barren among them.

7 · This verse (above)

8They are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and young women without number.

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