Song of Solomon 2:6 (YLT)

Passage

His left hand <FI>is<Fi> under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 2:4 He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me <FI>is<Fi> love,

Song of Solomon 2:5 Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I <FI>am<Fi> sick with love.

Song of Solomon 2:6 His left hand <FI>is<Fi> under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

Song of Solomon 2:7 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

Song of Solomon 2:8 The voice of my beloved! lo, this--he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "left", "hand", "under", "head", "right", "doth", and "embrace". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "left" and "hand", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Sustain me with grape-cakes Support me with..." into verse 7's "I have adjured you daughters of Jerusalem...", so "left" and "hand" belong inside that flow. In Song of Solomon context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "left" and "hand" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.