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His left handשְׂמֹאלוֹis underתַּחַתmy head,רֹאשִׁיand his right handוִימִינוֹembraces me.תְּחַבְּקֵנִי
Song of Songs 8:3
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 8:3, 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
2I would lead you, I would bring you into the house of my mother; you would teach me; I would give you to drink of the spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranates.
3 · This verse (above)
4I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, why would you awaken and why arouse love until it pleases?