veil
tsam.mah is a covering worn before the eyes or cheeks, which Isaiah depicts as being uncovered.
The attested use is a facial covering: it stands behind the eyes and cheeks in the Song passages, while Isaiah depicts it as something uncovered.
Senses in use
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Facial covering before the features · dominant
All four occurrences use the feminine singular construct form in clauses concerning a covering. In Song of Songs 4:1 the APB renders the eyes as doves “behind your veil,” and in Song of Songs 4:3 and Song of Songs 6:7 it places the cheeks “behind your veil”; in Isaiah 47:2 the APB renders an instruction to “uncover your veil.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “veil” in every occurrence, describing eyes or cheeks behind it in the Song passages and commanding its uncovering in Isaiah. This shared English rendering confirms the verse-level presentation rather than a separate lexical distinction.