da.gal describes the beloved as set apart or distinguished among a vast multitude.

The sole attested use presents the beloved as distinguished among ten thousand, though the translation does not align its English wording directly to the Hebrew form.

1. Standing out among many · dominant

   In Song of Songs 5:10, the masculine singular Qal passive participle describes the beloved in a comparison with “ten thousand”; the APB renders the verse, “My beloved is radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.”

   Song of Songs 5:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Song of Songs 5:10, the APB presents the beloved as “distinguished among ten thousand.” This wording indicates the verse’s presentation rather than a precise one-word rendering.