Song of Solomon 5:4

“My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door], etc.] To remove the bolt or bar which kept him from entering in. By the “door” is meant the door of her heart, which was in a great measure shut against Christ, through the prevalence of corruption; and the “hole” in it shows that it was not entirely shut up, there was a little love broke out from her to him; a little light broke in from him upon her; but her heart was much narrowed and straitened, her grace low in exercise, yet there were some faith, some love, etc. wherefore Christ takes the advantage of the little hole or crevice there was, and “put in his hand”; which is to be understood of powerful and efficacious grace, and the…”

“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, into which a sliding-bolt is made to run. As soon as the bolt has been driven home a number of pins drop into holes prepared in it for their reception. To raise these pins, and so enable the bolt to be withdrawn, is to unfasten the lock. This is commonly done by means of the key (literally “opener”), but may often be accomplished by the fingers if dipped in paste or some other adhesive substance. For such a purpose the beloved inserts his fingers here anointed with the costly unguent, which will…”

“By the hole - He assayed to open the door. When his word would not prevail, his spirit, which is called the finger of God, Luk 11:20, wrought inwardly upon my conscience. Were moved - With compassion for him and his sufferings, and with affection to him. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 5:5”

“5:4-6 My lover tried to unlatch the door, and my heart thrilled: The man persists in his attempts to arouse the woman, and she eventually responds positively to his overtures. However, by the time she responds, he has given up or become otherwise occupied. This is a powerful poetic picture of the struggles of two lovers to be sexually intimate with each other.”

“put: Sol 1:4; Psa 110:3; Act 16:14; Co2 8:1, Co2 8:2, Co2 8:16; Phi 2:13 my bowels: Gen 43:30; Kg1 3:26; Isa 26:8, Isa 26:9; Jo1 3:16, Jo1 3:17 for him: or (as some read) in me Song of Solomon (Canticles) 5:5”

“4 My beloved stretched his hand through the opening, And my heart was moved for him. חוּר, (Note: Cf. the Arab. ghawr (ghôr), as a sinking of the earth, and khawr (khôr), as a breaking through, and, as it were, a piercing. The mouth of a river is also called khôr, because there the sea breaks into the riv.) from the verb חוּר, in the sense of to break through (R. חר, whence also חרז, Sol 1:10, and חרם, Arab. kharam, part. broken through, e.g., of a lattice-window), signifies foramen, a hole, also caverna (whence the name of the Troglodytes, חרי, and the Haurn, חורן), here the loophole in the door above (like khawkht, the little door for the admission of individuals in the street or…”