Proverbs 23:35 Go deeper
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They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. (KJV)
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הִכּ֥וּנִיhi.Ku.nithey struck me
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 1
בַל\־val-not
Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 2
חָלִיתִי֮cha.li.TiI am sick
Lemma: חָלָה (cha.lah) · Strong's: H2470H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: be weak: ill
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 48:1, Deuteronomy 29:22, 1 Samuel 19:14, 1 Samuel 30:13, 2 Samuel 13:2, 2 Samuel 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2470H; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 3
הֲלָמ֗וּנִיha.la.Mu.nithey beat me
Lemma: הָלַם (ha.lam) · Strong's: H1986
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to smite
Used 8 times. Also: Judges 5:22, Judges 5:26, Psalms 74:6, Psalms 141:5, Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 28:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1986; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 4
בַּל\־bal-not
Lemma: בַּל (bal) · Strong's: H1077
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 68 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:30, Job 41:23, Psalms 10:4, Psalms 10:6, Psalms 10:11, Psalms 10:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1077; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 5
יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiI know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 6
מָתַ֥יma.Taiwhen?
Lemma: מָתַי (ma.tay) · Strong's: H4970
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 30:30, Exodus 8:9, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 10:7, Numbers 14:27, 1 Samuel 1:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4970; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 7
אָקִ֑יץ'a.Kitzwill I awake
Lemma: קִיץ (quts) · Strong's: H6974
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: to awake
Used 22 times. Also: 1 Samuel 26:12, 2 Kings 4:31, Job 14:12, Psalms 3:5, Psalms 17:15, Psalms 35:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6974; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 8
א֝וֹסִ֗יף'o.SifI will repeat
Lemma: יָסַף (ya.saph) · Strong's: H3254H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)
Meaning: to add
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 25:1, Genesis 30:24, Genesis 37:5, Genesis 37:8, Exodus 1:10, Leviticus 5:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3254H; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 9
אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּ'a.vak.She.nuI will seek it
Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to seek
Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 10
עֽוֹד\׃odagain
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Proverbs 23:35 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They struck me | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| but I feel no | → | בַּל H1077 not |
| pain | → | חָלָה H2470H be weak: ill |
| They beat me | → | הָלַם H1986 to smite |
| but I did not | → | בַּל H1077 not |
| know it! | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| When | → | מָתַי H4970 how |
| can I wake up | → | קִיץ H6974 to awake |
| to search for | → | בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek |
| another | → | יָסַף H3254H to add |
| drink | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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