Song 7:1-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Song 7:1-5: 7:1-5 The man now praises the woman’s dancing feet and then ascends her sensuous body to her flowing hair (7:1-5 ). • This queenly maiden (literally prince’s daughter ) might or might not be from a royal family, but the man considers her as fine as royalty.

‏ Song of Solomon 7:1-5

Summary for Song 7:1-5: 7:1-5 ^a The man now praises the woman’s dancing feet and then ascends her sensuous body to her flowing hair (7:1-5 ^b).

• This queenly maiden (literally prince’s daughter) might or might not be from a royal family, but the man considers her as fine as royalty.
7:2 ^c Between your thighs lies a mound of wheat (literally Your belly is like a mound of wheat): The man is either describing the woman’s smoothly rounded abdomen or her pubic mound.
7:4 ^d sparkling pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim: The pools of Heshbon, formed by a brook, can still be seen today near the ruins of Heshbon on the east coast of the Dead Sea.

• The tower of Lebanon is probably a metaphor for Mount Hermon, a high mountain that overlooks the valley of Damascus, the capital of Syria. The majestic beauty of the woman’s nose rises above her other facial features.
Summary for Song 7:5-6: 7:5-6 ^e Mount Carmel is a high mountain range on the Mediterranean coast.

• your hair radiates royalty (literally your hair is as purple threads): Purple was an expensive color to produce, so it was the exclusive property of royalty.