King James Version
Song of Solomon 5:10 in the King James Version says “My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. the chiefest: Heb. a standard bearer” — study this verse from Song of Solomon chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. the chiefest: Heb. a standard bearer”
Song of Solomon 5:10 · KJV
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. that ye: Heb. what, etc
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. the chiefest: Heb. a standard bearer
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. bushy: or, curled
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set . fitly: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring
KJV Study — Public Domain
“My beloved”
H1730(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
“among ten thousand”
H7233abundance (in number), i.e., (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)
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