1. Cantique des Cantiques 6:5 (NEG79)
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Why does the man ask the woman to turn her eyes away from him?

Cantique des Cantiques 6:5 (NEG79)

5 Détourne de moi tes yeux, car ils me troublent. Tes cheveux sont comme un troupeau de chèvres, Suspendues aux flancs de Galaad.

The request that the woman turn her eyes away from him further expresses his sense of her power. She can unnerve him with a single glance.1 Her look overwhelms him. The Hebrew word rahab means to cause to tremble. She has a mysterious power over him that he finds both fascinating and slightly terrifying.2