King James Version

Song of Solomon 7:5

In Song of Solomon 7 of Song of Solomon.

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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In the Hebrew text this line is Song of Solomon 7:6.

רֹאשֵׁ֤ךְroshekheheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.עָלַ֨יִךְ֙alayikhaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…כַּכַּרְמֶ֔לkakarmelas Carmelכַּרְמֶלpreposition, with the article, noun, proper name — “as Carmel”H3760Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in PalestineCarmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).וְדַלַּ֥תvedalatand hairדַּלָּהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and hair”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1803properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigenthair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).רֹאשֵׁ֖ךְroshekheheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.כָּאַרְגָּמָ֑ןkaargamanas purpleאַרְגָּמָןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as purple”, the ordinary formH713purple (the color or the dyed stuff)purple.מֶ֖לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.אָס֥וּרasurbindאָסַרverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “bind”, a verb used as a describing wordH631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battlebind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.בָּרְהָטִֽיםbarehatimin galleryרַהַטpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in gallery”, the ordinary formH7298a channel or watering-box; by resemblance a ringlet of hair (as forming parallel lines)gallery, gutter, trough.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(7-6) Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king is held captive in the tresses thereof.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Thy head upon thee as Carmel, And the locks of thy head as purple, The king is bound with the flowings!

World English Bible

Your head on you is like Carmel. The hair of your head like purple. The king is held captive in its tresses.

Darby Translation

Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the locks of thy head like purple; The king is fettered by [thy] ringlets!

Douay-Rheims

Thy head is like Carmel: and the hairs of thy head as the purple of the king bound in the channels.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(7-6) Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thy head like purple; the king is held captive in the tresses thereof.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thy head upon thee is as Carmel, and the curls of thy hair like scarlet; the king is bound in the galleries.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κεφαλή σου ἐπὶ σὲ ὡς Κάρμηλος, καὶ πλόκιον κεφαλῆς σου ὡς πορφύρα· βασιλεὺς δεδεμένος ἐν παραδρομαῖς.