dal.lah refers to hair in poetic imagery of beauty and in Isaiah's compressed image of life being cut off.

The attested uses present dal.lah as hair within poetic expression: a construct form occurs in a praise of beauty in Song of Songs 7:6, while an absolute form occurs amid Isaiah's imagery of a life being cut off in Isaiah 38:12.

1. Hair in poetic imagery · dominant

   In Song of Songs 7:6, the construct singular form occurs in an address praising beauty and delight; the APB renders the verse, "How beautiful you are, how delightful, O love, with all your charms!" In Isaiah 38:12, the absolute singular form occurs in a sequence comparing life to a shepherd's tent and a weaver's work, ending with being cut off from the thread; the APB renders this image as, "I have rolled up my life like a weaver; he cuts me off from the thread."

   Song of Songs 7:6Isaiah 38:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents Song of Songs 7:6 as a praise of beauty and Isaiah 38:12 as imagery of life being cut off, but its loose whole-verse wording does not isolate a specific English rendering for dal.lah.