Discovery BoxThe Song of Songs 2:10 
ContextThe Season of Love and the Song of the Turtle-Dove
The Lover to His Beloved:
2:10 My lover spoke to me, saying:
“Arise, my darling;
My beautiful one, come away with me!
The Song of Songs 5:7
Context5:7 The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city.
They beat me, they bruised me;
they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls!
The Song of Songs 6:5
Context6:5 Turn your eyes away from me –
they overwhelm 1 me!
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Mount Gilead.
1 tn The verb רָהַב (rahav) should be nuanced “overwhelm” or “arouse” rather than “storm against,” “make proud,” “confuse,” “dazzle,” or “overcome” (BDB 923 s.v. רָהַב).
