What Does Song of Solomon 1:10 Mean?

(10) **Rows.**—Heb., *tôrim, *from *tûr *= went round; hence = either circlets or strings of jewels, or the round beads themselves of which necklaces, &c, were made. **Chains.**—Literally, *perforated, i.e.*, beads, or possibly coins strung together. “Arab ladies, particularly the married, are extravagantly fond of silver and gold ornaments, and they have an endless variety of chains, bracelets, anklets, necklaces, and rings. It is also quite common to see thousands of piastres, in various coins, round the forehead and suspended from the neck, and covering a system of network, called suffa, attached to the back of the head-dress, which spreads over the shoulders and falls down to the waist” (Thomson, *The Land and the Book*)*.* Olearius (quoted by Harmer) says:—“Persian ladies use as head-dress two or three rows of pearls, which pass round the head and hang down the cheeks, so that their faces seem set in pearls.” Lady Mary Montague describes the Sultana Hafitan as wearing round her head-dress four strings of pearls of great size and beauty.