Le Cantique des Cantiques 5:10 Commentaire : Rashi & Ezra ben Solomon

My beloved is pure white. White, as in, “they were whiter צַחוּ than milk.”³⁷Eichah 4:1.

My beloved is clear skinned and ruddy, Our sages say in the Midrash to Canticles: “My beloved is clear skinned and ruddy: His appearance is ruddy, black, green, and white. Thus the appearance of the Holy One is like ‘the appearance of the rainbow which is within the cloud’ [Ezek. 1:28].”

And ruddy. I will first explain the entire section according to its simple meaning, as the praise of the handsomeness of a young man, when he is white and his face is ruddy.

Surrounded by myriads. He is surrounded by many armies; His armies are many. Many myriads are called ‘רְבָבָה’, as it is stated, “Myriads רְבָבָה like the vegetation of the field have I made you.”³⁸Yechezkeil 16:7.