Proverbs 23:35

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִכּ֥וּנִי בַל־חָלִיתִי֮ הֲלָמ֗וּנִי בַּל־יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּי מָתַ֥י אָקִ֑יץ א֝וֹסִ֗יף אֲבַקְשֶׁ֥נּוּ עֽוֹד׃

Transliteration

"hikkûnî bal-ḥālîṯî, hălāmûnî bal-yāḏāʿtî; when māṯay ʾāqîṣ? ʾôsîp̄ ʾăḇaqšennû ʿôḏ."

Grammar Details

*hikkûnî*: hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural + 1st person common singular suffix - they struck me
*bal-ḥālîṯî*: negative particle + qal perfect, 1st person common singular - I was not sick/hurt
*hălāmûnî*: qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + 1st person common singular suffix - they beat me
*bal-yāḏāʿtî*: negative particle + qal perfect, 1st person common singular - I did not know
*māṯay*: interrogative adverb - when
*ʾāqîṣ*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular - I will awake
*ʾôsîp̄*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular - I will add/continue
*ʾăḇaqšennû*: piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I will seek it
*ʿôḏ*: adverb - again/still/yet

Word Meanings

*hikkûnî bal-ḥālîṯî*: they struck me, I was not hurt/they hit me, I felt no pain
*hălāmûnî bal-yāḏāʿtî*: they beat me, I did not know it/they struck me, I was unaware
*māṯay ʾāqîṣ*: when will I awake/when will I regain consciousness
*ʾôsîp̄ ʾăḇaqšennû ʿôḏ*: I will seek it again/I will continue looking for it more

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Referenced Verses

Isa 56:12 : 12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Prov 26:11 : 11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Prov 27:22 : 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Isa 22:13 : 13 And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Deut 29:19 : 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Jer 31:18 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
1 Cor 15:32-34 : 32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. 33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
Eph 4:19 : 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
2 Pet 2:22 : 22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

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