Proverbs 23:35
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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. ”
חָלָה
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
בָּקַשׁ
I will seek/ it
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בָּקַשׁ
Seek, search. Baqash. To search diligently. Seek the LORD while He may be found. This is not passive looking but intense searching with your whole heart.
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מָתַי
when?
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מָתַי
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
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יָדַע
I know
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יָדַע
To know, to perceive, to be acquainted with. Yada. The deepest form of knowing. God knows you completely and loves you still.
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עוֹד
again
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עוֹד
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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הָלַם
they beat/ me
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הָלַם
to strike down; by implication, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband
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יָסַף
I will repeat
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יָסַף
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
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נָכָה
they struck/ me
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נָכָה
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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קוּץ
will I awake
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קוּץ
to awake (literally or figuratively)
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