Song of Solomon 5:9

She is her mother's only, i.e. dearest, one (Genesis 22:2), and her pure one.

The chorus prepares the way for her eulogy of her beloved.

10-16. Nuptial songs in praise of the bridegroom's beauty are at the present day comparatively rare in Palestine. His head is the most fine gold, an expression which recalls Shakespeare's 'Golden lads and girls.' His eyes are doves, building in a ravine through which a stream flows. Possibly the fact that these birds delight in clear water and frequently bathe in it may explain the 'sitting by full streams' of the RV, or, 'sitting upon fulness,' which literally represents the original.