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His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. (KJV)

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שְׂמֹאלוֹ֙se.mo.Loleft [hand] his

Lemma: שְׂמֹאל (se.mo.l) · Strong's: H8040G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: left

Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 13:9, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14, Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8040G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:6 word 1

תַּ֣חַתTa.chat[is] under

Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: underneath: under

Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:6 word 2

לְרֹאשִׁ֔יle.ro.Shi<to> head my

Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: head

Used 282 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:16, Genesis 40:17, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7218A; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:6 word 3

וִימִינ֖וֹvi.mi.Noand right [hand] his

Lemma: יָמִין (ya.min) · Strong's: H3225G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: right

Used 123 times. Also: Genesis 13:9, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14, Genesis 48:17, Genesis 48:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3225G; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:6 word 4

תְּחַבְּקֵֽנִי\׃te.cha.be.Ke.niit embraces me

Lemma: חָבַק (cha.vaq) · Strong's: H2263

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpi3fs)

Meaning: to embrace

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 29:13, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 48:10, 2 Kings 4:16, Job 24:8, Proverbs 4:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2263; TAHOT Song of Solomon 2:6 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

His left hand	→	שְׂמֹאל H8040G left
is under	→	תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under
my head	→	רֹאשׁ H7218A head
and his right arm	→	יָמִין H3225G right
embraces me	→	חָבַק H2263 to embrace

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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