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His left handשְׂמֹאלוֹis underתַּחַתmy head,לְרֹאשִׁיand his right handוִימִינוֹembraces me.תְּחַבְּקֵנִי
Song of Songs 2:6
Study it in the app“His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 2:6, word by word
- His left handשְׂמֹאלsemol
left
The side of the hand that is not the right.
Where else “semol” appears- my headרֹאשִׁroshi
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appears- and his right handימִינymin
right hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “ymin” appears- embraces meתְּחַבְּקֵtechabke
embrace
Embrace.
Where else “techabke” appears
The context
5Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.
6 · This verse (above)
7I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you not awaken nor arouse love until it pleases.