Bible Strands
Song of Solomon 1:15
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses the beloved in Song of Solomon 1:15, positioned between a reference to henna blossoms in En-gedi and a statement that soft grass serves as their bed.
The words — The Hebrew יָפָה (ya.Fah) translates literally to "beautiful," and עֵינַיִךְ ('ei.Na.yi.kh) means "your eyes." The verse states these terms directly before noting the eyes are like doves.
The thread — The phrase "eyes are like doves" appears in Song of Solomon 4:1 and Song of Solomon 5:12. The declaration of complete beauty recurs in Song of Solomon 4:7.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge the stated physical description without adding external allegorical meaning.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
Cross-references
- Song of Solomon 4:1 How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
- Song of Solomon 5:12 His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
- Song of Solomon 4:7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Ephesians 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
- Song of Solomon 1:8 If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
- Song of Solomon 2:10 My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
- Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
- Song of Solomon 4:10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
- Song of Solomon 5:2 I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”