OLD TESTAMENT

Song of Songs 1:15

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15

Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.

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Verse 15. Behold. The spouse makes a return of praise, and thanksgiving for her repose, to Christ. Worthington.—The corporal beauty of Solomon or of our Saviour is not fully ascertained; but their inward perfections are often proclaimed.—Flourishing. Hebrew “green.” Septuagint “shaded.” Esther 1:5.—This bed was the womb of the blessed Virgin, the cross, or any faithful soul. Saint Bernard says it is a monastery, retired and adorned with all virtues. Calmet.

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“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

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