Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 5. I am black, but comely - This is literally true of many of the Asiatic women; though black or brown, they are exquisitely beautiful.
Many of the Egyptian women are still fine; but their complexion is much inferior to that of the Palestine females. Though black or swarthy in my complexion, yet am I comely- well proportioned in every part.
As the tents of Kedar - I am tawny, like the tents of the Arabians, and like the pavilions of Solomon, probably covered by a kind of tanned cloth.
The daughters of Jerusalem are said to represent the synagogue; the bride, the Church of Christ. It is easy to find spiritual meanings: every creed will furnish them.
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Original Hebrew שׁחורה7838 אני589 ונאוה5000 בנות1323 ירושׁלם3389 כאהלי168 קדר6938 כיריעות3407 שׁלמה׃8010
