Study it in the app“I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved knocking! “Open to me, my sister, my companion, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is filled with dew, my curls with the drops of the night.””
Iאֲנִיwas sleeping,יְשֵׁנָהbut my heartוְלִבִּיwas awake.עֵרThe voiceקוֹלof my belovedדּוֹדִיknocking!דוֹפֵק“Openפִּתְחִיto me,לִיmy sister,אֲחֹתִיmy companion,רַעְיָתִיmy dove,יוֹנָתִיmy perfect one,תַמָּתִיforשֶׁmy headרֹּאשִׁיis filledנִמְלָאwith dew,טָלmy curlsקְוֻּצּוֹתַיwith the dropsרְסִיסֵיof the night.”לָיְלָה
asleep
Asleep, sleeping.
Where else “yeshena” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appearsawake
To rouse from sleep or inactivity; in prayer, to ask God to act.
Where else “er” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearsbeloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appearsknock
To rap on a door.
Where else “dofek” appearsopen
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “pitchi” appearssister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achoti” appearscompanion
Companion, a woman who is close; the beloved calls his beloved this in the Song of Songs.
Where else “rayati” appearsdove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yonati” appearsperfect
Someone without defect, who has no blemish.
Where else “tamati” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appearsfill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “nimla” appearsdew
Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.
Where else “tal” appearslock of hair
A lock or curl of hair.
Where else “kevutsota” appearsdrop
Beads of the night dew.
Where else “resise” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appears1I have come to my garden, my sister, bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, companions; drink, and be drunk with love!
2 · This verse (above)
3I have taken off my tunic; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I soil them?
