7:7–9a

In these verses the man describes the woman with metaphors of a palm tree and various fruits. (In 5:15c–d she compared the man to a cedar tree.)

7:7a

Your stature is like a palm tree: The Hebrew clause that the Berean Standard Bible translates as Your stature is like a palm tree is literally “This your stature is-like a date-palm tree.” A date palm tree is taller and more slender than many other trees. The man implied that the woman was tall and slender, like a date palm tree.

Some other ways to translate the comparison are:

You are tall and slender like a palm tree (Contemporary English Version)
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Your figure/stature is like a palm tree
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You are tall like a palm tree (New Century Version)

palm tree: The Hebrew word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as palm tree refers specifically to the date palm tree. It is a type of tropical tree that produces sweet fruit called “dates.” In some languages the date palm tree is not known. If that is true in your language, some other ways to translate it are:

• Use a more general word that refers to a tree like the palm tree, as in the Berean Standard Bible.

• Refer more generally to a tree that is tall and slender and produces fruit. For example:

tall slender fruit tree