Song of Solomon 5:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”

Young's Literal Translation
I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! ‘Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect{.htm" title="{"> one, For my head is filled [with] dew, My locks [with] drops of the night.’

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
I
אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

sleep,
יְשֵׁנָ֖ה (yə·šê·nāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate

but my heart
וְלִבִּ֣י (wə·lib·bî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

is awake.
עֵ֑ר (‘êr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5782: To rouse oneself, awake

A sound!
ק֣וֹל ׀ (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

My beloved
דּוֹדִ֣י (dō·w·ḏî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle

is knocking:
דוֹפֵ֗ק (ḏō·w·p̄êq)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1849: To knock, to press severely

“Open to me,
פִּתְחִי־ (piṯ·ḥî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

my sister,
אֲחֹתִ֤י (’ă·ḥō·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

my darling,
רַעְיָתִי֙ (ra‘·yā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7474: A female associate

my dove,
יוֹנָתִ֣י (yō·w·nā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3123: A dove

my perfect one.”
תַמָּתִ֔י (ṯam·mā·ṯî)
Adjective - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8535: Complete, pious, gentle, dear

My head
שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ (šer·rō·šî)
Pronoun - relative | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7218: The head

is drenched
נִמְלָא־ (nim·lā-)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

with dew,
טָ֔ל (ṭāl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2919: Night mist, dew

my hair
קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖י‪‬ (qəw·wuṣ·ṣō·w·ṯay)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6977: Locks (of hair)

with the dampness
רְסִ֥יסֵי (rə·sî·sê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7447: Dripping to pieces, a ruin, a dew-drop

of the night.
לָֽיְלָה׃ (lā·yə·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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