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Song of Solomon 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Song of Solomon 5:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Song of Solomon 5:219 words
HebrewMeaning
אֲנִ֥יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
יְשֵׁנָ֖הyəšēnāh
asleepadjH3463
sleep(-eth · -ing) · slept
וְ/לִבִּ֣/יwəlibiy
heartconjH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
עֵ֑רʿēr
wake(-nverbH5782
up) · lift up · master · raise ···
ק֣וֹלqwōl
bleatingnounH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
דּוֹדִ֣/יdwōdiy
belovednounH1730
father's brother · love · uncle
דוֹפֵ֗קdwōpēq
beatverbH1849
knock · overdrive
פִּתְחִיpitəḥiy
appearverbH6605
break forth · draw · let go free · grave ···
לִ֞/יliy
pron
אֲחֹתִ֤/יʾăḥōtiy
othernounH269
sister · together
רַעְיָתִ/י֙raʿəyātiy
fellownounH7474
love
יוֹנָתִ֣/יywōnātiy
dovenounH3123
pigeon
תַמָּתִ֔/יtamātiy
coupled togetheradjH8535
perfect · plain · undefiled · upright
שֶׁ/רֹּאשִׁ/י֙šerōʾšiy
bandparticleH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
נִמְלָאniməlāʾ
accomplishverbH4390
confirm · consecrate · be at an end · be expired ···
טָ֔לṭāl
dewnounH2919
קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖/יqəwuṣwōtay
locknounH6977
רְסִ֥יסֵיrəsiysēy
breachnounH7447
drop
לָֽיְלָהlāyəlāh
nightnounH3915
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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