Dream and Search: A new scene opens with 5:2. The central man, who was the principal speaker throughout the fourth chapter, is no longer present. Now the woman’s voice predominates, occasionally punctuated by a question from the daughters of Jerusalem. The structure of the section is much like that of 3:1–11. It opens with an apparent dream report (5:2–7; compare 3:1–4), followed by an address to the daughters of Jerusalem (5:8; compare 3:5), a transitional question (5:9; compare 3:6), and a descriptive passage (5:10–16; compare 3:7–11). The latter is a standard descriptive motif treating the central man. It is reminiscent of the description in chapter 3 only because of the dominant imagery of precious materials. The section closes with an exchange between the daughters of Jerusalem and th…