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Song of Solomon 5:2

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.”

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ASV

I was asleep, but my heart waked: 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, My locks with the drops of the night.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589 →
יְשֵׁנָ֖הye.she.Nah[was] sleepingH3463 →
וְלִבִּ֣יve.li.Biand heart myH3820 →
עֵ֑ר'Er[was] awakeH5782 →
ק֣וֹל׀Kol[the] sound ofH6963 →
דּוֹדִ֣יdo.Dilover myH1730 →
דוֹפֵ֗קdo.FekknockingH1849 →
פִּתְחִי־pit.chi-openH6605 →
לִ֞יlito me
אֲחֹתִ֤י'a.cho.TiO sister myH269 →
רַעְיָתִי֙ra'.ya.Tifriend myH7474 →
יוֹנָתִ֣יyo.na.Tidove myH3123 →
תַמָּתִ֔יta.ma.Tiperfect [one] myH8535 →
שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙she.ro.Shithat head myH7218 →
נִמְלָא־nim.la'-[is] filledH4390 →
טָ֔לTaldewH2919 →
קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖יke.vu.tzo.Tailocks myH6977 →
רְסִ֥יסֵיre.Si.seidewdrops ofH7447 →
לָֽיְלָה׃La.ye.lahnightH3915 →

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Revelation 3:20Behold, 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.Psalms 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.Song of Solomon 2:14O 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 5:6I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.Zechariah 4:1Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.Song of Solomon 6:9but 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.Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.Song of Solomon 1:9I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.Isaiah 5:1I will sing for my beloved a song of his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.Daniel 10:9I heard the sound of his words, and as I listened, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground.Song of Solomon 2:8Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.Song of Solomon 3:1On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.Matthew 8:17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”Genesis 31:40–41As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.Song of Solomon 5:11His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.Psalms 81:10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.Isaiah 53:3–5He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.

About Song of Solomon

The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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