Proverbs 20:20 Go deeper

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

מְ֭קַלֵּלMe.ka.lel[one who] curses

Lemma: קָלַל (qa.lal) · Strong's: H7043

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)

Meaning: to lighten

Used 82 times. Also: Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:3, Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7043; TAHOT Proverbs 20:20 word 1

אָבִ֣יו'a.Vivfather his

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Proverbs 20:20 word 2

וְאִמּ֑וֹve.'i.Moand mother his

Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: mother

Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Proverbs 20:20 word 3

יִֽדְעַ֥ךְyid.'Akhit will be extinguished

Lemma: דָּעַךְ (da.akh) · Strong's: H1846

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to put out

Used 9 times. Also: Job 6:17, Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Job 21:17, Psalms 118:12, Proverbs 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1846; TAHOT Proverbs 20:20 word 4

נֵ֝ר֗וֹne.Rolamp his

Lemma: נֵר (ner) · Strong's: H5216A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: lamp

Used 44 times. Also: Exodus 25:37, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 30:7, Exodus 30:8, Exodus 35:14, Exodus 37:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5216A; TAHOT Proverbs 20:20 word 5

חֹֽשֶׁךְ\׃Cho.shekhdarkness

Lemma: חֹ֫שֶׁךְ (cho.shekh) · Strong's: H2822

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: darkness

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:21, Exodus 10:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2822; TAHOT Proverbs 20:20 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Whoever curses	→	קָלַל H7043 to lighten
his father	→	אָב H0001G father
or mother	→	אֵם H0517 mother
his lamp	→	נֵר H5216A lamp
will be extinguished	→	דָּעַךְ H1846 to put out
in deepest	→	אִישׁוֹן H0380 pupil
darkness	→	חֹ֫שֶׁךְ H2822 darkness

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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