Animals
raven in Song of Solomon 5
RAY-ven
This creature shows up in Song of Solomon 5:11: “His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Song of Solomon 5:11
“His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.”
What kids can learn
When you hear raven in Song of Solomon, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Song of Solomon 5:11 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Song of Solomon 5:11
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
HisheadisthepurestHishairisblackasaraven.