Song of Songs 8:3

Song of Songs 8:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should 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 8:3

1“Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother’s breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either. 2I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates. Let his left hand be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.” 4“Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem: Do not disturb or awaken my love Until she pleases.” 5“Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning on her beloved?” The Bride “Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother went into labor with you, There she was in labor and gave birth to you.

Song of Songs 8:3 word by word

שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙ תַּ֣חַת רֹאשִׁ֔י וִֽימִינ֖וֹ תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• his leftשְׂמֹאלώemô'l ώem'ôl · leftH8040
• handשְׂמֹאלώemô'l ώem'ôl · leftH8040
• underתַּחַתtachath · underneath: underH8478
• my headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• And his rightיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• handיָמִיןyâmîyn · rightH3225
• embraceחָבַקchâbaq · to embraceH2263

Commentaries on Song of Songs 8:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3His left hand - See on Song of Solomon 2:6; (note). With the fourth verse the Sixth night of the marriage week is supposed to end.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3bring you to the house of my mother: Compare Song of Solomon 3:4.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. The "left and right hand," &c., occurred only once actually (So 2:6), and here optatively. Only at His first manifestation did the Church palpably embrace Him; at His second coming there shall be again sensible communion with Him. The rest in So 8:4, which is a spiritual realization of the wish in So 8:3 (1Pe 1:8), and the charge not to disturb it, close the first, second, and fourth canticles; not the third, as the bridegroom there takes charge…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Left hand
• Embrace

Commentaries on Song of Songs 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• 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