King James Version
Song of Solomon 2:6 in the King James Version says “His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.” — study this verse from Song of Solomon chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.”
Song of Solomon 2:6 · KJV
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. banqueting: Heb. house of wine
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. comfort: Heb. straw me with apples
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. I charge: Heb. I adjure you
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“His left hand”
H8040properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e., the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“is under my head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“and his right hand”
H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
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