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Song of Solomon 5

Song of Sol. 5:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I sleep
yashen (Hebrew #3463)
sleepy
KJV usage: asleep, (one out of) sleep(-eth, -ing), slept.
Pronounce: yaw-shane'
Origin: from 3462
, but my heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
waketh
`uwr (Hebrew #5782)
to wake (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (a- )wake(-n, up), lift up (self), X master, raise (up), stir up (self).
Pronounce: oor
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 5783 through the idea of opening the eyes)
: it is the voice
qowl (Hebrew #6963)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
KJV usage: + aloud, bleating, crackling, cry (+ out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, + hold peace, (pro-)claim, proclamation, + sing, sound, + spark, thunder(-ing), voice, + yell.
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or qol {kole}
of my beloved
dowd (Hebrew #1730)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
KJV usage: (well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Pronounce: dode
Origin: or (shortened) dod {dode}
thatc knocketh
daphaq (Hebrew #1849)
to knock; by analogy, to press severely
KJV usage: beat, knock, overdrive.
Pronounce: daw-fak'
Origin: a primitive root
, saying, Open
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
to me, my sister
'achowth (Hebrew #269)
a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (an-)other, sister, together.
Pronounce: aw-khoth'
Origin: irregular feminine of 251
, my love
ra`yah (Hebrew #7474)
a female associate
KJV usage: fellow, love.
Pronounce: rah-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 7453
, my dove
yownah (Hebrew #3123)
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV usage: dove, pigeon.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: probably from the same as 3196
, my undefiled
tam (Hebrew #8535)
complete; usually (morally) pious; specifically, gentle, dear
KJV usage: coupled together, perfect, plain, undefiled, upright.
Pronounce: tawm
Origin: from 8552
: for my head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
is filled
male' (Hebrew #4390)
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.
Pronounce: maw-lay'
Origin: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}
with dew
tal (Hebrew #2919)
dew (as covering vegetation)
KJV usage: dew.
Pronounce: tal
Origin: from 2926
, and my locks
qvutstsah (Hebrew #6977)
a forelock (as shorn)
KJV usage: lock.
Pronounce: kev-oots-tsaw'
Origin: feminine passive participle of 6972 in its original sense
with the drops
raciyc (Hebrew #7447)
properly, dripping to pieces, i.e. a ruin; also a dew-drop
KJV usage: breach, drop.
Pronounce: raw-sees'
Origin: from 7450
of the night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
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sleep.
the voice.
knocketh.
Open.
my dove.
my head.
Song of Sol. 8:7• 7Many waters cannot quench love,{HR}Nor can the floods drown it:{HR}If a man gave all the substance of his house for love,{HR}It would utterly be contemned. (Song of Sol. 8:7)
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Gen. 29:20• 20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes a few days, for his love to her. (Gen. 29:20)
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Gen. 31:40‑41• 40[Thus] I was; in the day drought consumed me, and frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
41These twenty years I [have been] in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
(Gen. 31:40‑41)
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Isa. 50:6• 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. (Isa. 50:6)
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Isa. 52:14• 14As many were astonished at thee (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men), (Isa. 52:14)
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Isa. 53:3‑5• 3He is despised and shunned of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom they hide [their] faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4Surely he [it is] hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
(Isa. 53:3‑5)
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Matt. 8:17• 17{i}so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bore our diseases.{/i} (Matt. 8:17)
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Matt. 25:35‑45• 35For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
36naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and fed thee; or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
39and when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came unto thee?
40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did [it] to me.
41Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire that is prepared for the devil and his angels.
42For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink;
43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and ministered not to thee?
45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of these least, ye did [it] not to me.
(Matt. 25:35‑45)
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Mark 1:35• 35{i}And{/i} in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a desert place, and there prayed. (Mark 1:35)
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Luke 6:12• 12And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. (Luke 6:12)
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Luke 22:44• 44And being in conflict he prayed more intently, and his sweat became as clots of blood falling down upon the earth. (Luke 22:44)
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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• 14For the love of Christ constraineth us, having judged this, that if one died for all, then they all were dead;
15and he died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for them died and rose.
(2 Cor. 5:14‑15)
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Gal. 2:20• 20With Christ I am crucified, yet I live, no longer I, but Christ liveth in me; but that which I now live in flesh, I live in the faith of the Son of God that loved me and gave himself up for me. (Gal. 2:20)
 We turn again to ourselves as soon as we are comforted by the testimony of the Lord’s love. (Song of Solomon 5 by J.N. Darby)
 The Restoration of Love (5:2-6:12) (Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love by H. Smith)
 The Bride (Vs. 2). "I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying," (Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love by H. Smith)
 The Bridegroom. (Vs. 2). “Open to Me My sister, My love, My dove, Mine undefiled; For My head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.” (Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love by H. Smith)
 In the night of the Bridegroom's absence the love of the bride has waned, and she seeks her ease in her own home. How soon she passes from feasting in His presence to sleeping in His absence. In earlier times her love had weakened, but this was a more serious decline; before, she had rested in her home, now she sleeps. (Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love by H. Smith)
 Too much of Christ to enjoy the world and too much of the world to enjoy Christ. Sleeping but restless, describes the condition of such. (Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love by H. Smith)
 But the love of the Bridegroom never varies. The bride may sleep, but love gives Him no rest until He has awakened her slumbering affections. (Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love by H. Smith)
 "Open to Me," express the longing of His heart to fill her heart. He lavishes upon her every term of endearment, "My sister, My love, My dove, Mine undefiled." He could have said, "Thy King, thy Friend, thy Beloved," but love takes another way more calculated to reach her heart. He reminds her of all that she is in His sight. (Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love by H. Smith)
 He speaks of His sufferings on her behalf. He has faced the night, the cold, the darkness, and the dew, to awaken her love. (Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

W. Kelly Translation

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I was asleep, but my heart waked.{HR}The voice of my beloved that knocketh [saying],{HR}Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled;{HR}For my head is filled with dew,{HR}My locks with the drops of the night.