Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Song of Solomon 2:6
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.
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.
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 been a...
CHAPTER 2 The voice of the bride is heard again in the opening verses of this chapter; some understand it as meaning the Messiah speaking of Himself as the Rose and the Lily of the valley, but it is r...
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 lover...
DOTH EMBRACE. will embrace....
Song of Solomon 1:9 Chap. Song of Solomon 2:7. A King's Love despised In this scene Solomon presses his love upon the Shulammite for the first time; but in reply to his endeavours to win her she alwa...
In these verses the Shulammite replies, but turns her thoughts away from her royal lover to her betrothed, and compares him as contrasted with other young men to a fruitful and shady _tappûach_tree am...
The verb here should be taken as expressing a wish. _O that his left hand were under my head, and his right hand were embracing me_: or, _His left hand would be under my head_. Cp. Song of Solomon 8:3...
TEXT 1:152:6 c. Description of a conversation between the Shepherd and the Shepherdess, Song of Solomon 1:15 to Song of Solomon 2:6. Dialogue: Shepherd, Song of Solomon 1:15
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. HIS LEFT HAND. The "stay" she prayed for () is granted (; ; ;...
Her mother's sons have made it impossible for her to avoid this, treating her with that arbitrary tyranny which male relatives so often display in the East. 'I have known an ill-natured child,' says D...
1. She compares herself to a simple wild flower, the crocus (RM) of Sharon. The plain, which extended from Joppa to Cæsarea, was proverbial for its flowers (Isaiah 35:2), and travellers continue to re...
THE ARDENT AFFECTION OF THE LOVERS 2-7. Songs of the bride: her enquiry and his answers....
שְׂמֹאלֹו֙ תַּ֣חַת לְ רֹאשִׁ֔י וִ ימִינֹ֖ו תּ
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
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 b...
_Hand. After peace comes affliction: grace is followed by glory, Proverbs iii. 16. (Calmet)_...
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 anythin...
The first six Verses (omitting the second) of chapter 2 (Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 2:3-6) appear to me to be the voice of the bride. They have been differently understood, but (I think) wro...
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 bo...
_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, m...
_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 l...
THE MUTUAL LOVE OF CHRIST AND THE CHURCH. The Bride Protests the Fervor of her Love...
His left hand is under my head, in a fond caress, AND HIS RIGHT HAND DOTH EMBRACE ME....
1-7 Believers are beautiful, as clothed in the righteousness of Christ; and fragrant, as adorned with the graces of his Spirit; and they thrive under the refreshing beams of the Sun of righteousness....
Song of Solomon 2:6 hand H8040 head H7218 hand H3225 embraces H2263 (H8762) Song of Solomon 8:3-5
_ “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-...
Here we have a dialogue of love between the Lord Jesus and his people. Song of Solomon 2:1. _I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys._ Amongst all flowers, there is none that can be com...
Song of Solomon 2:1. _I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters._ It is the nature of love to make the thing beloved like itsel...
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 is h...
CONTENTS: The Bridegroom speaks concerning himself and his Bride. The Bride speaks remembering her satisfaction in her beloved. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Humble souls...
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—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 2:6 EMBRACES. Sometimes this term refers to sexual activity (e.g., Proverbs 5:20). It can also describe the embrace of
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 former...
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 love is beyond...
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys (Song of Solomon 2:1). The bridegroom responds. As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters (Song of Solomon 2:2). The bride...
Ephesians 5:25; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 62:4; Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 32:
His hand — No sooner did I cry out for help, but he was at hand to succour me....