Song of Songs 2:6

Song of Songs 2:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
• New International Version (NIV)His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!
• New King James Version (NKJV)His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.

Context of Song of Songs 2:6

4He has brought me to his banqueting place, And his banner over me is love [waving overhead to protect and comfort me]. 5Sustain me with raisin cakes, Refresh me with apples, Because I am sick with love. Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me.” 7“I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field [which run free], That you do not rouse nor awaken my love Until she pleases.” 8“Listen! My beloved! Behold, he comes, Climbing on the mountains, Leaping and running on the hills!

Song of Songs 2:6 word by word

שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ תַּ֣חַת לְרֹאשִׁ֔י וִימִינ֖וֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• His left handשְׂמֹאלώemô'l ώem'ôl · leftH8040
• under my headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• and his right handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• doth embraceחָבַקchâbaq · to embraceH2263

Commentaries on Song of Songs 2:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-8Verses 5-8 This section is made by the Targumist and other Jewish interpreters to adumbrate the condition of Israel in the wilderness; by some Christian expositors, that of the Gentile Church on her first conversion. Genesis 25:13; Psalm 120:5. The word itself signifies “dark” or “black.” Possibly “tents of Kedar” stand here poetically for shepherds‘ tents in general Isaiah 60:7. Job 20:9; Job 28:7, and indicates in the latter place the piercing glance of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The woman's love is intense, and his love is overwhelming. If the Song is a collection of poems, the couple may be married. Their lovemaking is so exhausting that she feels faint and asks for raisin cakes and apples. In the ancient Near East, people considered these foods to be aphrodisiacs. sustain me: She now relies on him to revive her with fruit from the earlier image—he is the apple tree, so he can provide apples to renew her strength. His left hand…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The "stay" she prayed for (So 2:5) is granted (De 33:12, 27; Psa 37:24; Is 41:16). None can pluck from that embrace (Joh 10:28-30). His hand keeps us from falling (Mt 14:30, 31); to it we may commit ourselves (Psa 31:5). left hand--the left is the inferior hand, by which the Lord less signally manifests His love, than by the right; the secret hand of ordinary providence, as distinguished from that of manifested grace (the "right"). They really go…Read the comment

Topics related to Song of Songs 2:6

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In the dictionaries

• Left hand
• Tender
• Embrace

Commentaries on Song of Songs 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary