Song of Solomon 8:3

3 His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right hand should embrace 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 O that thou [wert] as my brother, that was nourished at the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yes, I should not be despised.

2 I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, [who] would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

3 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, nor awake [my] love, until he please.

5 Who [is] this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple-tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth [that] bore thee.