Song of Solomon 8:5

Who — This and the next clause are the words of the bridegroom, who proposes the question, that he may give the answer following. Her beloved — He speaks of himself in the third person, which is usual in the Hebrew language. I raised — When thou wast dead in trespasses and in the depth of misery. Under — Under my own shadow; for she had compared him to an apple tree, and declared, that under the shadow of the tree she had both delight and fruit, Song of Solomon 2:3, which is the same thing with this raising up. There — Under that tree, either the universal or the primitive church, did conceive and bring thee forth.