Proverbs 23:35:2Prov.23.35.W2TAB

בַל־חָלִיתִי֮

balkhaliti

I was not sick

Transliteration
bal-kha-li-TI
Extended
bahl-khaa-lih-TEE
IPA
/val.ħa.liːˈtiː/

Meaning by language

English
I was not sick

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַל + חָ + לִי + תִי֮
bal + kha + li + ti
balkhaliti

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    bal-kha-li-TI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hi-KU-ni bal-kha-li-TI

  3. clause

    hi-KU-ni bal-kha-li-TI ha-la-MU-ni bal-ya-DA-et-ti ma-TAI a-KITS

  4. sentence

    hi-KU-ni bal-kha-li-TI ha-la-MU-ni bal-ya-DA-et-ti ma-TAI a-KITS o-SIF a-va-ke-SHE-nu OD

Exegesis

The first pair uses the hifil perfect verbs hikuni {הִכּ֥וּנִי | hiḵkûnî} ‘they struck me’ and halamuni {הֲלָמ֗וּנִי | hălāmûnî} ‘they beat me’ framed by the negative particle bal {בַל | bāl} and the perfect-state verbs chaliti {חָלִיתִי | ḥālitî} and yadati {יָ֫דָ֥עְתִּי | yāḏa‘tî}, forming a chiastic contrast between physical assault and lack of sensation.

Root and etymology

ch-l-tchet–lamed–tav

to be sick

In contextProverbs 23:35

They struck me, but I was not sick; they beat me, yet I did not know it. When shall I awake ? I will add, and I will seek it again .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 23:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 23:35, so the Hebrew word בַל־חָלִיתִי֮ (balkhaliti) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.23.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.23.35.W2.S1) and character.