שׁוֹקָיו֙ עַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֔שׁ מְיֻסָּדִ֖ים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָ֑ז מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ כַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן בָּח֖וּר כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃
His legs are as pillars of marble, Set upon sockets of fine gold; His aspect is like Lebanon, Excellent as the cedars.
Rashi on Song of Songs
His legs. Are like pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold.
Ezra ben Solomon on Song of Songs
He is as majestic as Lebanon, Stately as the cedars.153 There follows a long quotation from Sefer ha-Bahir, Scholem’s sections 64, 67–69. In similar fashion Scripture states: “I am like a leafy cypress; your fruit comes from Me” [Hos. 14:9]. Souls are the fruit of the blessed Holy One. If Rava created a man,154b. Sanhedrin 65b. The reference is to the primary Talmudic source for the later Golem tradition. he returned it to dust, for it contained no power of the soul.
Rashi on Song of Songs
Pillars of marble. Pillars of marble שַׁיִשׁ=שֵׁשׁ, and a similar word appears in Megillas Esther, “upon silver rods and marble שֵׁשׁ columns.”49Esther 1:6. His appearance is as tall as the cedars of the Levanon.