I sleep, but my heart waketh, unable to shake off the half-conscious drowsiness which came upon her; it is the voice of my Beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to Me, My sister, My love, My dove, My undefiled, the one of whom He is sure that she is wholly devoted to Him in love, as His terms of endearment show; for My head is filled with dew and My locks with the drops of the night, the fall of dew being very heavy in Palestine.
Verse Song of Solomon 5:2. _I SLEEP, BUT MY HEART WAKETH_] This is a _new part_; and some suppose that the _fifth_ day's solemnity begins here. _Though I_ _sleep, yet so_ impressed is _my heart_ with...
Some time may be supposed to have elapsed since the bride’s solemn espousals with the king Song of Solomon 4:7-5. A transient cloud of doubt or estrangement is now passing over her soul, as by the rel...
CHAPTER 5 The Bridegroom answers the invitation extended to Him when the bride had said, “Let my Beloved come into His (not her) garden.” He says, “I am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse.” She...
ANOTHER DREAM-POEM. It is not certain where the division should be made here, but it is possible to treat these verses as a separate poem and regard Song of Solomon 5:8 f. as the introduction to the _...
I SLEEP. I was asleep, or sleepy. WAKETH. kept awake. IT IS. Supply "it was". MY BELOVED. Hebrew masculine. THAT KNOCKETH. he is knocking (masculine). MY LOVE. my friend. Feminine. Hebrew. _ra'yah...
Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 6:3. A Dream On the hypothesis we have adopted, a night must be supposed to intervene between Song of Solomon 5:1. After the interview with the king and that
Song of Solomon 4:8 Chap. Song of Solomon 5:1. A true Lover's Pleading With Song of Solomon 4:8 a new song, representing another scene, begins. In it the peasant lover of the Shulammite comes to b
_I sleep, but my heart waketh_ This clause states the circumstances under which the succeeding action takes place. As the dream is narrated at a later time, the participles should be rendered by the p...
DISCOURSE: 851 SPIRITUAL SLOTH REPROVED Song of Solomon 5:2. I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me my sitter, my love, my dove, my undefiled: fo...
I SLEEP, BUT MY HEART WAKETH— The fifth day's eclogue commences here; and contains a solemn declaration from the bridegroom, that he prefers his spouse to all others, chap. Song of Solomon 6:9. The wo...
TEXT 5:28:4 _FOURTH SCENEThe King's Palace Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 8:4_ Retrospect Shulammite: Narration to Court Ladies of another dream, Song of Solomon 5:
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 o...
Heavy dew falls, especially during spring and in the second half of the night. The Spanish poet whom Longfellow translated had in his mind our passage and Revelation 3:20 : 'Lord, what am I, that, wit...
A DREAM. HIS BEAUTY AND HERS 2-7. Another dream of hers, with a painful ending. The accumulation (Song of Solomon 5:2) of names of endearment reminds us of the frequent repetition, by a Palestinian b...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 5 THE MAN V1 I have come into my garden, my special young woman, my bride. I have gathered my *myrrh and *spice....
I SLEEP. — This begins the old story under an image already employed (Song of Solomon 3:1). Here it is greatly amplified and elaborated. The poet pictures his lady dreaming of him, and when he seems t...
אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְ לִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר קֹ֣ול ׀ דֹּו
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of S...
LOVE UNQUENCHABLE Song of Solomon 5:1 WE have seen how this strange poem mingles fact and fancy, memory and reverie, in what would be hopeless confusion if we could not detect a common prevailing sen...
IV. Experiences Following Betrothal (Song of Solomon 5:2; Song of Solomon 6:1; Song of Solomon 7:1) 1. The Bride ...
(b) 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 th...
Knocking. The spouse had retired to rest, as her beloved delayed longer than usual. But love is ever on the watch. (Calmet) --- She wished to meditate, but is called upon to assist others, and excited...
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...
Chapter 5 gives us another experience. Intimacy was formed through the testimony of the Bridegroom's affection. The reassured heart, certain of His love, exhibits its slothfulness. Alas, what hearts a...
I SLEEP, BUT MY HEART WAKETH,.... Like persons that are half awake, half asleep, whom Cicero x calls "semisomni". Christ and the church having feasted together at his invitation, she soon after fell a...
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 dr...
Song 5:2. "I sleep, but my heart waketh." It may be well explained by these words of Christ to His disciples; Matthew 26:41, "The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Song 5:14...
_I sleep_ I was dull and sluggish; _but my heart waketh_ Yet in my very sleep my thoughts run upon my beloved. _It is the voice of my beloved_ Between sleeping and waking, I heard his voice; _that kno...
2-8 Churches and believers, by carelessness and security, provoke Christ to withdraw. We ought to notice our spiritual slumbers and distempers. Christ knocks to awaken us, knocks by his word and Spir...
I SLEEP, Heb. _I was asleep_, i.e. I was dull, and sluggish, and insensible of his kind expressions and offers of grace. BUT MY HEART WAKETH; yet in my very sleep my thoughts were running upon my Belo...
Song of Solomon 5:2 sleep H3463 heart H3820 awake H5782 (H8802) voice H6963 beloved H1730 knocks H1849 (H88
SECTION 4. HER SECOND NIGHTMARE (Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 6:3). Sadly the original warmth of the marriage appears at some stage to have grown cold, for we find now that she has a nightm...
THE NIGHTMARE BEGINS. Her BELOVED seeks to join her in her room, but she lets him go away. She is too filled with her own comfort and her own delightfulness. _ ‘I was asleep, but my heart awoke, It...
SLEEP The bride is satisfied with her washed feet while the Bridegroom, His "head filled with dew," and His "locks with the drops of night," is toiling for others. See (Luke 6:12); (Luke 14:21). The...
Song of Solomon 5:2 I. Christ is ever knocking at the heart; in those who have not received Him, that they may receive Him; in those who have received Him, that they may receive Him more fully; in tho...
CONTENTS: The distress of the Bride because of the temporary withdrawal of the groom, due to the Bride's neglect. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: The slights which careless...
Song of Solomon 5:9. _What is thy beloved more than another beloved?_ To address this question to Pharaoh's daughter, had been the highest insult. More therefore is intended in this sublime of songs t...
_I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my Beloved that knocketh._ ASLEEP AND YET AWAKE-A RIDDLE We are glad to perceive in this Song the varied experience of the bride. She was the well-be...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 5:2 This dream is caused by the woman’s desire to be with her beloved instead of being separated from him. ⇐...
NOTES Song of Solomon 5:2: _I sleep, but my heart waketh_. ‘Sleep,’ יְשֵׁנָה _yeshenah_, a participle or adjective, from יָשֵׁן to sleep. GESENIUS. The connection with what follows gives to יְשֵׁנָה a...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1 I AM COME INTO MY GARDEN, MY SISTER, MY BRIDE; I HAVE GATHERED MY MYRRH WITH MY SPICE; I HAVE EATEN MY HONEYCOMB WITH MY HONEY; I HAVE DRUNK MY WINE WITH MY MILK. EAT,...
Chapter 5, the bridegroom replies, I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk:...
2 Corinthians 5:14; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Daniel 8:18; Ephesians 5:14;...
Asleep — I was dull, and sluggish. But — Yet in my very sleep my thoughts were running upon my beloved. It is — Between sleeping and waking, I heard his voice. Knocketh — By his word, and providence,...