Song of Solomon 5:2
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I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
In other translations
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
Hebrew words
אֲנִי'aniIH589יְשֵׁנָהyeshenah[was] sleepingH3463וְלִבִּיvelibiand heart myH3820עֵר'er[was] awakeH5782קוֹל׀kol[the] sound ofH6963דּוֹדִיdodilover myH1730דוֹפֵקdofekknockingH1849פִּתְחִי־pitchi-openH6605לִיlito meאֲחֹתִי'achotiO sister myH269רַעְיָתִיra'yatifriend myH7474יוֹנָתִיyonatidove myH3123תַמָּתִיtamatiperfect [one] myH8535שֶׁרֹּאשִׁיsheroshithat head myH7218נִמְלָא־nimla'-[is] filledH4390טָלtaldewH2919קְוֻּצּוֹתַיkevutzotailocks myH6977רְסִיסֵיresiseidewdrops ofH7447לָיְלָה׃layelahnightH3915
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.
- Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.
- Song of Solomon 6:9My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
- Zechariah 4:1And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
- Psalm 119:1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
- Genesis 31:40-4140 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.40 As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes. 41 Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
- Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
- Psalm 81:10I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
- Isaiah 50:6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Matthew 8:17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
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