notes the relation to the plural used in the superscription of Ps 46:1 and in 1 Chr 15:20 with the apparent meaning “for sopranos or women’s voices.” Cant 1:3 and 6:8 use עלמה to speak of the beloved; Prov 30:19 “the way of a man with an עלמה” is followed in the next verse with “the way of the adulterous woman.” This leads Brunet (Essai, 49) to conclude that עלמה has dishonorable meanings as well as the honorable references to Miriam and Rebecca. This dishonorable reference is connected in Proverbs