"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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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...
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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...
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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.” Sh...
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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 _...
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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...
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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 bese...
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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...
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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...
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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 5:2-7
TEXT 5:2-7
2.
I w...
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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...
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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, wi...
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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 have eate...
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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...
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אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְ לִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר
קֹ֣ול ׀ דֹּודִ֣י דֹופֵ֗ק פִּתְחִי
־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יֹונָתִ֣י
תַמָּתִ֔י
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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...
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IV. Experiences Following Betrothal (Song of Solomon 5:2; Song of
Solomon 6:1; Song of Solomon 7:1)
1. The Bride (Song of Solomon 5:2; Song of Solomon 6:1).
The Maiden's Troubled Dream.
(a) The Com...
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(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...
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_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 excite...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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CHRIST'S CALL TO THE DROWSY CHURCH.
The Church Aroused from Sleep...
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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...
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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...
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Song of Solomon 5:2 sleep H3463 heart H3820 awake H5782 (H8802) voice
H6963 beloved H1730 knocks H1849 (H8802) Open H6605 (H8798) sister
H269 love H7474 dove H3123 perfect H8535 head H7218 covered H43...
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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...
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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...
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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 th...
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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...
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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...
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_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-b...
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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.
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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...
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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,...
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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:...
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2 Corinthians 5:14; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Daniel 8:18; Ephesians 5:14;
Galatians 2:20; Genesis 29:20; Genesis 31:40; Genesis 31:41; Isaiah
50:6;...
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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,...