Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, a lofty and beautiful mountain, and the hair of thine head like purple, with its dark luster and silkiness. The King is held in the galleries, fettered in love by the beauty of her curls.
Verse Song of Solomon 7:5. _THINE HEAD - LIKE CARMEL_] Rising majestically upon thy neck, and above thy shoulders, as Mount Carmel does in its district. Carmel was the name of the mountain where Elija...
Compare and contrast with Song of Solomon 5:15. The rendering in the margin takes “Carmel” as the name of a color, equivalent to “carmine” (rendered “crimson” in 2 Chronicles 2:7, 2 C
CHAPTER 7 The rapturous outburst in praise of the bride, the saved and glorified remnant of Israel, with which this chapter begins, must not be put into the lips of the bridegroom, the Messiah-King. I...
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:13 TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8:4. THE DANCING BRIDE AND THE RAPTURE OF LOVE. This section also is probably composed of different lyrics, though it is difficult to separate them; we have fir...
HELD IN THE GALLERIES. captivated by the ringlets. CARMEL. the [mount] Carmel....
_Thine head upon thee_is _like Carmel_ Mount Carmel, looked at from the North especially, is the crown of the country, towering over sea and land in solitary majesty; hence the comparison to a head pr...
Song of Solomon 7:1-6. The Praises of the Ladies of the Hareem This song or section contains the praises of the Shulammite by the ladies of the hareem; but the circumstances under which the words are...
THINE HEAD UPON THEE, &C.— _Thine head upon thee_ riseth eminent and majestic, _like Carmel; and the tresses of thy head_ shine _like scarlet._ Michaelis, however, thinks that the word rendered _purpl...
TEXT 7:1-10 _Solomon; Song of Solomon 7:1-9_ (Song of Solomon 7:1-5 may be remarks of women attendants) _Shulammite_ (interrupting the King); Song of Solomon 7:9 b -...
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. HEAD UPON THEE - the head-dress "upon" her. CARMEL - signifying a well-cultivated f...
Carmel was regarded as the 'Park' of the land; there alone were rocky dells, with deep jungles of copse. A 'king is held captive in the tresses' (RV) of the bride's hair: cp. the Arab song: 'Oh, thy...
1-6. The _wasf_ begins with a eulogy of her dancing: her steps in sandals (RV) are lovely, and the circling movements of her body are graceful as ornamental chains. In Eastern dancing the twisting and...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 7 THE MAN V1 You have *sandals on your feet. Your feet are as beautiful as the feet of a prince’s daughter!...
On previous occasions, the description of her hair is like a group of goats (4:1; 6:5). That seems to be a description of its length and its quality. But now he considers her to be like a queen. So he...
CARMEL. — Marg., _crimson,_ from reading _charmîl,_ which preserves the parallelism with the next clause better. But the whole passage deals in the author’s favourite figures from localities; and cert...
_[Song of Solomon 7:6]_ רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְ עָלַ֨יִךְ֙ כַּ † כַּרְמֶ֔ל...
MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed, tho...
2. Solomon (Song of Solomon 6:4; Song of Solomon 7:1). His Musing. (a) Description of the Shulamite (Song of Solomon 6:4 a). (b) Effect on the Virgins of the Vision of Her ...
Thy head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king [is] (c) held captive by [its] locks of hair. (c) He delights to come near you, and to be in your company....
_Carmel. Shaded with trees. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "purple," which colour was sometimes given to the hair. (Propertius ii. 18.) --- Channels. Of the dyers. Hebrew, "to beams." (Calmet) --- Protestants,...
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. (2) Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth no...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 6 AND 7. And this experience makes her understand through grace another aspect of her relationship, proving a real progress in the intelligence of grace and c...
THINE HEAD UPON THEE [IS] LIKE CARMEL,.... Set with hair, thick and long, as Carmel with plants and trees. Now Christ is the church's Head in various senses; he is her federal and representative Head...
Thine head upon thee [is] like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king [is] held in the galleries. Ver. 5. _Thine head upon thee is like Carmel._] This head is Christ himself, for he...
Song 7:5. "Thine head upon thee is like Carmel (or crimson, as it is in the margin), and the hair of thine head like purple." If by head here be understood the eldership of the church; then her head i...
_Thy head is like Carmel_ Eminent and pleasant to the eye, and fruitful as mount Carmel was: which may denote that her mind was replenished with knowledge, and other excellent gifts of the Holy Ghost....
CARMEL: Or, crimson HELD: _ Heb._ bound...
1-9 The similitudes here are different from what they were before, and in the original refer to glorious and splendid clothing. Such honour have all his saints; and having put on Christ, they are dis...
THINE HEAD, which may signify the church's mind or understanding, which is seated in the head, UPON THEE, which is upon thee, or above the rest of thy body, IS LIKE CARMEL, eminent and pleasant to the...
Song of Solomon 7:5 head H7218 Carmel H3760 hair H1803 head H7218 purple H713 king H4428 held H631 (H8803
CONTENTS: Further description of the beauties of the Bride. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: The Bride of Christ bears the image of the King of Kings and in the beauty of hol...
Song of Solomon 7:1. _How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, oh prince's daughter!_ We find the term “king's daughter,” in Psalms 45:13. The church has assurance that the Lord her Maker is her husband...
_The King is held in the galleries._ THE KING IS HELD IN THE GALLERIES Christ, the blessed King of Zion, condescends sometimes to be held and detained by His people in the galleries of Gospel-ordina...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1 This description of the woman’s beauty echoes that of Song of Solomon 4:1 (see her description of the man in...
NOTES Song of Solomon 7:13. _The mandrakes give a smell_. ‘Mandrakes.’ הַדּוּדָיִם _ha-dudhaim;_ plural of דוּדַי a love-apple, from דּוּד to love. So GESENIUS and others. ‘A mandragora (_Atropa mand...
NOTES Song of Solomon 7:5: _The King is held in the galleries_. ‘In the galleries.’ בָּרְהָטִים (_ba-rehatim_), plural of רַהַט, a gutter, rafter, gallery, a hair or ringlet; from רָהַט, an unused roo...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 7:1 HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THY FEET IN SANDALS, O PRINCE'S DAUGHTER! THE JOINTS OF THY THIGHS ARE LIKE JEWELS, THE WORK OF THE HANDS OF A CUNNING WORKMAN. To the ladies who are...
Now the daughters of Jerusalem address themselves to the Shulamite and they say, How beautiful are thy feet with shoes (Song of Solomon 7:1), Or within thy sandals. O prince's daughter! the joints o...
Colossians 1:18; Colossians 2:19; Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 4:15;...
Carmel — Eminent and pleasant to the eye, and fruitful as mount Carmel was. Which may denote that her mind was replenished with knowledge, and other excellent gifts of the Holy Ghost. Purple — Which c...