The Song Of Solomon 4: The Look Of Love

The fourth chapter of the Song of Solomon contains evocative similes and metaphors that the king employed to woo his beloved, mostly describing her attractive looks and physical features.  (Warning: some of these expressions may no longer be considered complimentary in the 21st century!)

In this chapter, we hear specifically of:

• Eyes like doves (vs. 1)
• Hair like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead (vs. 1)
• Teeth like a flock of sheep just shorn and coming up from washing (vs. 2)  [Fortunately, she has no missing teeth as "each has its twin, not one of them is alone" (vs. 2).]
• Lips like a red ribbon (vs. 3)
• Temples like the halves of a pomegranate (vs. 3)
• Neck like a tower of David (vs. 4)
• Breasts like two fawns (vs. 5)

Then, switching to metaphors, the king says

• Milk and honey are under your tongue (vs. 11)
• You are a locked garden, a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain (vs. 12)
• You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water (vs. 15)

In response, the beloved invites her lover to enter the garden and enjoy its choice fruits (vs 16)!

Things are heating up!