Following Bob Kraft's post, and Marsha B. Cohen's reference to Ps 92: 13-15, another verse which may be worth considering (for the feminine use in Hebrew love poetry) is Shir haShirim 7:8 (in MT; RSV 7:7): "This your stature is like a palm tree [ltmr], and your breasts are like its clusters." Stephen Goranson goranson@duke.edu