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Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
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Images of Purity and Clarity
The lover's praise uses specific, real-world locations to describe the beloved's beauty. Commentators explain that the 'tower of ivory' neck signifies purity, whiteness, and elegance. The 'pools in Heshbon,' likely a real reservoir known for its clear water, are used to describe her eyes as deep, serene, and tranquil.
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Song Of Solomon
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A tower of ivory - The allusion is to a particular tower, likely one built by Solomon (1 Kings 10:21).
Fishpools in He…
19th Century
Anglican
Fishpools in Heshbon.—Literally, pools. The Authorised Version follows the Vulgate piscinœ, for which there is n…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Your neck [is] as a tower of ivory Two things recommend the neck, erectness and whiteness; both are here expressed, …
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