Song of Solomon 5:15

His legs Heb. shôqis the part of the leg below the knee.

pillars of marble i.e. white and firm like marble or alabaster. Here, seeing the lover is an Oriental, and therefore brown in complexion, alabaster would be the better comparison.

sockets Perhaps rather, bases of fine gold.

his countenance his aspect is like Lebanon, giving the same impression of majesty.

excellent Heb. bâchûr= -chosen," LXX, ἐκλεκτός. The Targum translates it "a young man," but in that case we should have had -a cedar," not -cedars." Goodly as the cedars would fairly give the sense.