Song of Solomon 7:5
Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
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Barnes' Notes
Compare and contrast with Son 5:15. The rendering in the margin takes “Carmel” as the name of a color, equivalent to “carmine” (rendered “crimson” in 2Ch 2:7, 2Ch 2:14; 2Ch 3:14). This interpretation…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Thine head upon theeis 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…
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