“They struck me,הִכּוּנִיI was notבַלhurt;חָלִיתִיthey beat me,הֲלָמוּנִיI did notבַּלfeel it.יָדָעְתִּיWhenמָתַיwill I wake up?אָקִיץI will seek itאֲבַקְשֶׁנּוּyetעוֹדagain.”אוֹסִיף
Proverbs 23:35
Study it in the app““They struck me, I was not hurt; they beat me, I did not feel it. When will I wake up? I will seek it yet again.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 23:35, word by word
- “They struck meהִכּוּhiku
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “hiku” appears- I was notבַלval
not
Not: a negative proper to Hebrew poetry; it denies strongly ("it will not be moved").
Where else “val” appears- hurtחָלִיתִיchaliti
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chaliti” appears- they beat meהֲלָמוּhalamu
strike, hammer
Hammer, strike hard, trample. Used of the blow of a hammer and of horses' hoofs on the ground.
Where else “halamu” appears- feel itיָדָעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- Whenמָתַיmatay
when?
When? How long?
Where else “matay” appears- will I wake upאָקִיץakits
awake
To awake, to wake up from sleep.
Where else “akits” appears- I will seek itאֲבַקְשֶׁavakshe
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “avakshe” appears- againאוֹסִיףosif
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “osif” appears
The context
34And you will be like one who lies down in the heart of the sea, and like one who lies down on top of the mast.
35 · This verse (above)