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Song of Solomon 7:5

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

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ASV

Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.

KJV

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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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְro.Shekhhead yourH7218 →
עָלַ֙יִךְ֙'a.La.yikhon youH5921 →
כַּכַּרְמֶ֔לka.kar.Mel[is] like <the> CarmelH3760 →
וְדַלַּ֥תve.da.Latand [the] hair ofH1803 →
רֹאשֵׁ֖ךְro.Shekhhead yourH7218 →
כָּאַרְגָּמָ֑ןka.'ar.ga.Man[is] like <the> purple woolH713 →
מֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekh[the] kingH4428 →
אָס֥וּר'a.Sur[is] boundH631 →
בָּרְהָטִֽים׃ba.re.ha.Timby the tressesH7298 →

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Isaiah 35:2It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.Song of Solomon 4:1How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.Joshua 19:26Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,Song of Solomon 1:12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.Colossians 1:18And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.Ephesians 1:22And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,Song of Solomon 5:11His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.Micah 7:14Shepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.Revelation 1:14The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.Song of Solomon 1:17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.Colossians 2:19He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.Psalms 87:2The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”Ephesians 4:15–16Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.Genesis 32:26Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”Psalms 68:24They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.Matthew 18:20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”Ezekiel 41:15Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,

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The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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