Song of Solomon 5:11
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.”
רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
כֶּתֶם
is gold of
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כֶּתֶם
properly, something carved out, i.e. ore; hence, gold (pure as originally mined)
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פָּז
pure gold
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פָּז
pure (gold); hence, gold itself (as refined)
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שָׁחֹר
black
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שָׁחֹר
properly, dusky, but also (absol.) jetty
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תַּלְתַּל
are curls
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תַּלְתַּל
a trailing bough (as pendulous)
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קְוֻצָּה
locks/ his
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קְוֻצָּה
a forelock (as shorn)
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