“ His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. ”
The bride’s answer: “As the ‘tappuach’ with its fragrant fruit excels the barren trees of the wild wood, so my beloved his associates and friends etc.” תפוח tappûach may in early Hebrew have b...
Mutual Praise and Praise of Love. The bride sets herself forth as the Rose ( meadow saffron or crocus ) of Sharon (or the plain ) and the Lily ( scarlet anemone? ) of the valley. To this the lov...
doth embrace . will embrace.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. His left hand. The "stay" she prayed for ( Song of Solomon 2:5 ) is granted ( Deuteronomy 33:12 ; Deuteronomy 33:27 ; Psa...
The Ardent Affection of the Lovers 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers.
TRUE LOVE TESTED Song of Solomon 1:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 2:1-17 ; Song of Solomon 3:1-11 ; Song of Solomon 4:1-16 ; Song of Solomon 5:1 THE poem opens with a scene in Solomon's palace. A co...
No Book has been provocative of more controversy than this. The question at issue is as to its place and value in Holy Scripture. While there are different varieties of each, the interpretations may...
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. I do not apprehend by those different expressions of left hand supports, and right hand embraces, that it is meant to convey anyth...
His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. The church, having desired to be stayed, supported, strengthened, and comforted, presently found her beloved with her, who with...
His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. Ver. 6. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. ] As if she should have said, I called unto you,...
He brought me to the banqueting-house The places in which believers received the graces and blessings of Christ. His banner over me By the lifting up whereof I was invited to come to him, and to...
The Love of the Church to Christ. 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I...
Is under my head, as a pillow for me to rest upon. No sooner did I cry out for help, but he was at hand to succour me, and did manifest his tender care and dear love to me.
“As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting...
Notes Song of Solomon 2:4 : His banner over me was love . ‘His banner,’ דִּגְלוֹ ( diglo ), from דֶּגֶל ( degel ), a military standard. The SEPTUAGINT and VULGATE read the word as a verb; the f...
Song of Solomon 2:1 . I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. So he is, and much more than that. «Nature, to make his beauties known, Must mingle colors quite unknown.» So rich i...
Song of Solomon 2:1 . Sharon was a fertile district not far from Nazareth. 1 Chronicles 27:29 ; Isaiah 33:9 ; Isaiah 65:10 . Song of Solomon 2:6 . His left hand is under my head, conferring...
EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 2:2 As a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. The king responds, taking up the lovely simile and giving it a very apt and charming turn, "My lo...
The Mutual Love of Christ and the Church. The Bride Protests the Fervor of her Love
Ephesians 5:25-29 ; Isaiah 54:5-10 ; Isaiah 62:4 ; Isaiah 62:5 ; Jeremiah 32:41 ; John 3:29 ; Song of Solomon 8:3-5 ; Zephaniah 3:17
His hand — No sooner did I cry out for help, but he was at hand to succour me.