raq.qah denotes a head or facial location, pierced in Sisera’s death and used in comparisons of a woman’s appearance.

The attested construct-noun uses point to a head or facial location: it is the place struck and pierced in the accounts of Sisera’s death, while the Song passages place it within poetic comparisons involving a woman’s face.

1. Head or facial location · dominant

   In Judges 4:21 and Judges 4:22, the construct form occurs in the report that a tent peg was driven into Sisera; the APB renders the location as “temple.” In Judges 5:26, the same form occurs as Sisera is struck, crushed, shattered, and pierced; the APB again renders “temple.” In Song of Songs 4:3 and Song of Songs 6:7, the construct form occurs in a comparison to a slice of pomegranate behind a veil, where the APB renders “cheeks” or “cheek.”

   Judges 4:21Judges 4:22Judges 5:26Song of Songs 4:3Song of Songs 6:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the location as “temple” in the Judges accounts and as “cheeks” or “cheek” in the Song comparisons. This variation is best read alongside the clauses and the shared construct morphology.