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Your headרֹאשֵׁךְupon youעָלַיִךְis like Carmel,כַּכַּרְמֶלand the tressesוְדַלַּתof your headרֹאשֵׁךְlike purple;כָּאַרְגָּמָןa kingמֶלֶךְis held captiveאָסוּרin the locks.בָּרְהָטִים
Song of Songs 7:5
Study it in the app“Your head upon you is like Carmel, and the tresses of your head like purple; a king is held captive in the locks.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 7:5, word by word
- Your headרֹאשֵׁroshe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshe” appears- is like Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel
Carmel
See it on the mapWhere else “karmel” appears- and the tressesדַלַּתdalat
tresses
Hair; also the loose threads of a loom.
Where else “dalat” appears- like purpleאַרְגָּמָןargaman
purple
Thread or cloth dyed purple, a costly dark red.
Where else “argaman” appears- a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- is held captiveאָסוּרasur
confine
To keep someone shut up, like a prisoner.
Where else “asur” appears- in the locksרְהָטִיםrehatim
lock
Long locks of loose hair.
Where else “rehatim” appears
Places in this verse
Carmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
The context
4Your neck is like a tower of ivory; your eyes are pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon that looks toward Damascus.
5 · This verse (above)
6How beautiful you are, and how pleasant, love, among delights!