Proverbs
Proverbs 23:35
35“They struck me, but I feel no pain!
They beat me, but I did not know it!
When can I wake up
to search for another drink?”
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| They struck me | הִכּ֥וּנִי | hik·kū·nî | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular | H5221 smite |
| but I feel no | בַל־ | ḇal- | Adverb | H1077 not |
| pain | חָלִיתִי֮ | ḥā·lî·ṯî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H2470 be weak, sick |
| They beat me | הֲלָמ֗וּנִי | hă·lā·mū·nî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural; first person common singular | H1986 smite, hammer, strike down |
| but I did not | בַּל־ | bal- | Adverb | H1077 not |
| know it | יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּי | yā·ḏā·‘ə·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H3045 know |
| When | מָתַ֥י | mā·ṯay | Interrogative | H4970 when? |
| can I wake up | אָקִ֑יץ | ’ā·qîṣ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H6974 awake |
| to search for | אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּ | ’ă·ḇaq·šen·nū | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singular | H1245 seek |
| another | א֝וֹסִ֗יף | ’ō·w·sîp̄ | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | H3254 add |
| drink | עֽוֹד׃ | ‘ō·wḏ | Adverb | H5750 a going round, continuance |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 5:3 · Isaiah 56:12 · 1 Corinthians 15:32–34 · Proverbs 27:22 · Isaiah 22:13 · 2 Peter 2:22 · Proverbs 26:11
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.