Song of Solomon 7:5

Translations

Modern

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

Traditional

Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

Literal

Your head is upon you like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple—a king is bound in the tresses!

Latin

Caput tuum ut Carmelus; et comæ capitis tui sicut purpura regis vincta canalibus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.

Notes

Song of Solomon 7:5–6

Mount Carmel is a tall mountain range on the Mediterranean coast.
the hair of your head like purple threads: Purple was expensive to make, so only royalty used it.

Song of Solomon 7:1–5

The man praises the woman's dancing feet and then admires her body up to her flowing hair (Song of Solomon 7:1–5).
This daighter of the prince might not be from a royal family, but the man sees her as equal to royalty.

Song of Solomon 6:13–7:9

The young women of Jerusalem talk with the man, leading him to describe the woman's beauty and express his wish to hold her (see study note on Song of Solomon 4:1–5:1).

Theme notes and profiles

Human Sexuality

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Places

Carmel: Town in Judah; home of Nabal and Abigail

Glossary

Carmel Purple Song of Solomon

Topics

Carmel: A Fertile and Picturesque Mountain in Palestine

Song of Solomon 7:5

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