Song of Solomon 1:3

3. Thy name, etc. Hebrew, As perfume thou art, thy very name diffuses thee. A difficult passage, the poured forth agreeing with thou, not with “name.” “Thy name” instantly suggests thy character, which, as if compounded of many perfumes, vies with choicest ointment or perfume, an article ever highly valued in the East. The uniform sense of the word virgin in poetical language is candid, not preoccupied. The Enamoured One, to whose longing the Beloved is wrapped in a “light that never was on sea or shore,” thinks that all whose affections are in their own control must love him whom she holds so lovely.