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