Song of Solomon 5:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Bushy. — Marg., curled; Heb., taltallîm=flowing in curls, or heaped up, i.e., thick, bushy, according as we derive from talah or tel. The LXX. (followed by the Vulg.) take taltallîm for another form of zalzallîm (Isaiah 18:5, sprigs of the vine), and render palm-leaves.

Song of Solomon 5:11

11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy,d and black as a raven.