Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Song of Solomon 7:5
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5. upon thee —the headdress "upon" her. Carmel —signifying a well-cultivated field ( Isaiah 35:2 ). In Song of Solomon 5:15 He is compared to majestic Lebanon; she here, to fruitful Carmel. Her headdress, or crown ( 2 Timothy 4:8 ; 1 Peter 5:4 ). Also the souls won by her ( 1 Thessalonians 2:19 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:20 ), a token of her fruitfulness. purple —royalty ( 1 Thessalonians 2:20- : ). As applied to hair, it expresses the glossy splendor of black hair (literally, "pendulous hair") so much admired in the East ( Song of Solomon 4:1 ). While the King compares her hair to the flowering hair of goats (the token of her subjection ), the daughters of Jerusalem compare it to royal purple. galleries —(so Song of Solomon 4:1- : , Margin; Revelation 21:3 ). But MAURER translates here, "flowing ringlets"; with these, as with "thongs" (so LEE, from the Arabic translates it) "the King is held" bound ( Song of Solomon 6:5 ; Proverbs 6:25 ). Her purple crowns of martyrdom especially captivated the King, appearing from His galleries ( Acts 7:55 ; Acts 7:56 ). As Samson's strength was in his locks ( Acts 7:56- : ). Here first the daughters see the King themselves. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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