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Song of Solomon 2

Song of Sol. 2:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hisl left hand
smo'wl (Hebrew #8040)
a primitive word (rather perhaps from the same as 8071 (by insertion of the aleph) through the idea of wrapping up); properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e. the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand
KJV usage: left (hand, side).
Pronounce: sem-ole'
Origin: or smosl {sem-ole'}
is under my head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
, and his right hand
yamiyn (Hebrew #3225)
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
KJV usage: + left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Pronounce: yaw-meen'
Origin: from 3231
doth embrace
chabaq (Hebrew #2263)
to clasp (the hands or in embrace)
KJV usage: embrace, fold.
Pronounce: khaw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
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Song of Sol. 8:3‑5• 3His left hand [would be] under my head,{HR}And his right hand embrace me.
 4I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem,{HR}Why should you stir up, why awake [my] love, till he please.
 5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness,{HR}Leaning upon her beloved?{HR}I awoke thee under the apple-tree:{HR}There thy mother brought thee forth,{HR}There she travailed that bore thee. (Song of Sol. 8:3‑5)

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Song of Sol. 8:3‑5• 3His left hand [would be] under my head,{HR}And his right hand embrace me.
 4I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem,{HR}Why should you stir up, why awake [my] love, till he please.
 5Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness,{HR}Leaning upon her beloved?{HR}I awoke thee under the apple-tree:{HR}There thy mother brought thee forth,{HR}There she travailed that bore thee. (Song of Sol. 8:3‑5)
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Isa. 54:5‑10• 5For thy Maker [is] thy husband: Jehovah of hosts [is] His name, and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called.
 6For Jehovah hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when rejected, saith thy God.
 7For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
 8In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
 9For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me; since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
 10For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed, saith Jehovah that hath mercy on thee. (Isa. 54:5‑10)
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Isa. 62:4‑5• 4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken, neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
 5For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, shall thy sons marry thee; and with the joy of the bridegroom over the bride shall thy God rejoice over thee. (Isa. 62:4‑5)
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Jer. 32:41• 41Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. (Jer. 32:41)
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Zeph. 3:17• 17Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)
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John 3:29• 29He that hath the bride is [the] bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom that standeth and heareth him rejoiceth with joy because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled. (John 3:29)
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Eph. 5:25‑29• 25Husbands, love your own wives, even as the Christ also loved the assembly and gave himself up for it,
 26that he might sanctify it, having cleansed [it] by the washing of water in [the] word,
 27that he might himself present to himself the assembly glorious, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it should be holy and blameless.
 28Thus ought husbands to love their own wives as their own bodies: he that loveth his own wife loveth himself,
 29for no one ever hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Christ also the assembly: (Eph. 5:25‑29)
• The desire expressed at the outset (v.2) is realized at the end. She will have other lessons to learn in the course of the Song, but she has obtained the assurance and enjoyment of the Bridegroom's love. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• For satisfaction of heart His love must be consciously known, and this is the import of the kiss, - "Let Him kiss me." But, further, His love must be known as an individual and personal love. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• This is the answer to the bride's call for sustaining power. (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

W. Kelly Translation

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His left hand [is] under my head,{HR}And his right hand doth embrace me.