Song of Solomon 8:3

3 Your left arm is under my head. Your right arm is around me.

Song of Solomon 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 8:3

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 might be, "let his left hand" ^F7; or a declaration of what she did enjoy, "his left hand is under my head" ^F8, (See Gill on Song of Solomon 2:6).

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Tigurine version, Marckius, some in Michaelis.
F8 Mercerus, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Song of Solomon 8:3 In-Context

1 "I wish you were like a brother to me. I wish my mother's breasts had nursed you. Then if I found you outside, I could kiss you. No one would look down on me.

2 I'd bring you to my mother's house. She taught me everything I know. I'd give you spiced wine to drink. It's the juice of my pomegranates.

3 Your left arm is under my head. Your right arm is around me.

4 Women of Jerusalem, take an oath and make me a promise. Don't stir up love. Don't wake it up until it's ready." The other women say,

5 "Who is this woman coming up from the desert? She's leaning on the one who loves her." The woman says to the king, "Under the apple tree I woke you up. That's where your mother became pregnant with you. She went into labor, and you were born there.