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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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.
WEB
I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”
Word study
I
yâshên H3463
sleep, but my
lêb H3820
heart
ʻûwr H5782
waketh: it is the
qôwl H6963
voice of my
dôwd H1730
beloved that
dâphaq H1849
knocketh, saying, Open
pâthach H6605
to me, my sister,
ʼâchôwth H269
my love,
raʻyâh H7474
my dove,
yôwnâh H3123
my undefiled:
tâm H8535
for my head
shel H7945
is filled
mâlêʼ H4390
with dew,
ṭal H2919
and my locks
qᵉvutstsâh H6977
with the drops
râçîyç H7447
of the night.
layil H3915
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