Song of Solomon 5:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsSong of Solomon 5:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אֲנִ֥י
ʼănîy
H589
I
יְשֵׁנָ֖ה
yâshên
H3463
sleeping
וְלִבִּ֣י
lêb
H3820
heart
עֵ֑ר
ʻûwr
H5782
to awake
ק֣וֹל
qôwl
H6963
voice
דּוֹדִ֣י
dôwd
H1730
beloved
דוֹפֵ֗ק
dâphaq
H1849
to beat
פִּתְחִי
pâthach
H6605
to open
לִ֞י
אֲחֹתִ֤י
ʼâchôwth
H269
sister
רַעְיָתִי֙
raʻyâh
H7474
attendant
יוֹנָתִ֣י
yôwnâh
H3123
dove
תַמָּתִ֔י
tâm
H8535
perfect
שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙
rôʼsh
H7218
head
נִמְלָא
mâlêʼ
H4390
to fill
טָ֔ל
ṭal
H2919
dew
קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖י
qᵉvutstsâh
H6977
lock
רְסִ֥יסֵי
râçîyç
H7447
drop
לָֽיְלָה
layil
H3915
night
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World English Bible Public Domain
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, My hair with the dampness of the night.
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
I asleep, but my heart awake. A sound—my beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one, because my head full of dew, my hair the drops of the night.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).