“My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.”
The lover continues, declaring that the maidens saw her and called her blessed and the queens and concubines praised her, establishing that the beloved's excellence is recognized and celebrated even by those who might be her rivals. The community's recognition of the beloved's superiority and their blessing of her establishes that authentic beauty and worth are apparent to all observers, not merely to the lover. The beloved's status as the object of praise from all women—including those with every reason to be jealous—establishes her incomparable worth and the power of her beauty to overcome competitive feeling. This verse theologically suggests that authentic beauty and excellence invite universal recognition and celebration, and that the beloved's worth is affirmed even by those who might otherwise be rivals.
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