Song of Solomon 5:2
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
שָׁקַד
shâqad
to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
דּוֹד
dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פָּתַח
pâthach
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
אָחוֹת
ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
אָהַב
ʼâhab
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
יוֹנָה
yôwnâh
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
תָּמִים
tâmîym
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
מָלֵא
mâlêʼ
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
נָטָף
nâṭâph
a drop; specifically, an aromatic gum (probably stacte)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁקַד shâqad
to be alert, i.e. sleepless; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill)
Study H8245 →תָּמִים tâmîym
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
Study H8549 →דּוֹד dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Study H1730 →אָחוֹת ʼâchôwth
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
Study H269 →Cross References
Behold, 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.
O 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.
My 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 pr...
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
I 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.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.
Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God ...
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