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Song of Solomon 5:4

Song of Solomon 5:4
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Put in his hand - Through (literally “from”) the hole (of the lock), in order to raise the pins by which the bolt was fastened. The Oriental lock is a hollow piece of wood attached to the doorpost,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

by the holeof the door] Lit. from the hole, i.e. the hole usually to be found in doors. This was not an opening through which the hand was inserted to unbolt the door, but one through which women…