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Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,
    by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,
    overlooking Damascus.
Your head crowns you like Carmel,
    and your flowing locks are like purple;
    a king is held captive in the tresses.[a]

How fair and pleasant you are,
    O loved one, delectable maiden![b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 7:5 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. Song of Solomon 7:6 Syr: Heb in delights

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