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Atomic Bible
Song of Songs 5:11
His head is purest gold;
from The Bride, Song of Songs 5:10-16
What it says

She describes his head as pure gold and his hair as black and wavy.

What it is doing

This verse begins the bodily portrait with royal and vigorous imagery.

In context

10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, 11His head is purest gold; 12His eyes are like doves 13His cheeks are like beds of spice, 14His arms are rods of gold 15His legs are pillars of marble 16His mouth is most sweet;