Song of Solomon 7:5

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 selects royal words to describe her head and her hair. Our translation says that her hair is ‘long and smooth’, like ‘silk’. But the original language says that it is ‘like something purple’. Purple was the royal colour.

The man compares her head to a crown. Or, he says, it is like the mountain called Carmel. Carmel is the richest place in its entire region. People can see it across much of Israel. Its soil is the best quality. And people produce much wine and oil there.