“ His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. ”
The bride now turns to and addresses the chorus as before (marginal reference).
(b) His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. (b) Read ( Song of Solomon 2:6 ).
Song of Solomon 6:13 to Song of Solomon 8:4 . The Dancing Bride and the Rapture of Love. This section also is probably composed of different lyrics, though it is difficult to separate them; we h...
His left hand . [Let] his left hand [be].
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. His left hand - See on Sol 2:6 (note). With the fourth verse the Sixth night of the marriage week is supposed to end.
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. Left hand ... under my head ... right hand should embrace me - (cf. as to Israel, Deuteronomy 32:27 .) The 'left...
A Dialogue. Her Loveliness 10-13. A dialogue between these ladies and her. They compare her to the dawn, stooping down to look on the earth from the sky. It is still common in Arabic poems to addr...
MYSTICAL INTERPRETATIONS THUS far we have been considering the bare, literal sense of the text. It cannot be denied that, if only to lead up to the metaphorical significance of the words employed,...
C. The United Life ( Song of Solomon 7:10-13 ; Song of Solomon 8:1 ) I. The Bride ( Song of Solomon 7:10-13 ; Song of Solomon 8:1 ) Her Desire to Visit Her Home with Her Bridegroom. II. The Voice...
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. (4) I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. These have been alre...
His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. That is, when she should have the presence of Christ in her mother's house. Or the words are a petition that so it mig...
His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. Ver. 3. His left hand should be under my head. ] Or, prayerwise, Let his left hand, &c. Conscious and sensible of...
I would lead and bring thee With joy and triumph, as the bridegroom was usually brought to the bride's house; into my mother's house, who would instruct me How I should behave myself toward thee:...
The Love of the Church to Christ. 1 O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I sh...
The same expressions are used Song of Solomon 2:6 . The sense is, He would not despise me for my forwardness in showing my affections to him, as men commonly do in like cases, but would kindly acc...
The YOUNG WIFE continues, but now there is a desire to enter more deeply into what her beloved can offer her, for she is aware of his great wisdom. She still wants to kiss him and bring him to her mo...
SHULAMITE’S WISH Chap. Song of Solomon 8:1-4 O that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee, Yea, I should not be despise...
Song of Solomon 8:1 . Oh that thou wert as my brother. The Chaldaic is a metaphrase of the text. “In the time that king Messiah shall be revealed to the congregation of Israel, they shall say to h...
EXPOSITION Song of Solomon 8:1-22 Oh that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; and none would despise me. I wo...
The Joys of the Heavenly Marriage. The Longing Cry of the Church
2 Corinthians 12:9 ; Deuteronomy 33:27 ; Isaiah 62:4 ; Isaiah 62:5 ; Song of Solomon 2:6