Proverbs 26:20 Go deeper

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. (KJV)

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בְּאֶ֣פֶסbe.'E.feswith not

Lemma: אֶ֫פֶס (e.phes) · Strong's: H0657A

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

Meaning: end

Used 43 times. Also: Numbers 13:28, Numbers 22:35, Numbers 23:13, Deuteronomy 15:4, Deuteronomy 32:36, Deuteronomy 33:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0657A; TAHOT Proverbs 26:20 word 1

עֵ֭צִים'E.tzimwood<s>

Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: tree: wood

Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 7:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6086G; TAHOT Proverbs 26:20 word 2

תִּכְבֶּה\־tikh.beh-it is extinguished

Lemma: כָּבָה (ka.vah) · Strong's: H3518

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)

Meaning: to quench

Used 24 times. Also: Leviticus 6:12, Leviticus 6:13, 1 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 14:7, 2 Samuel 21:17, 2 Kings 22:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3518; TAHOT Proverbs 26:20 word 3

אֵ֑שׁ'Esha fire

Lemma: אֵשׁ (esh) · Strong's: H0784

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: fire

Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:24, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Exodus 3:2, Exodus 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0784; TAHOT Proverbs 26:20 word 4

וּבְאֵ֥יןu.ve.'Einand with not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

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

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Proverbs 26:20 word 5

נִ֝רְגָּ֗ןnir.Gana slanderer

Lemma: רָגַן (ra.gan) · Strong's: H7279

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)

Meaning: to grumble

Used 7 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:27, Psalms 106:25, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 26:22, Isaiah 29:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7279; TAHOT Proverbs 26:20 word 6

יִשְׁתֹּ֥קyish.Tokit becomes quiet

Lemma: שָׁתַק (sha.taq) · Strong's: H8367

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

Meaning: be quiet

Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 107:30, Jonah 1:11, Jonah 1:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8367; TAHOT Proverbs 26:20 word 7

מָדֽוֹן\׃ma.Donstrife

Lemma: מָדוֹן (ma.don) · Strong's: H4066

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

Meaning: strife

Used 10 times. Also: Psalms 80:6, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 17:14, Proverbs 22:10, Proverbs 28:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4066; TAHOT Proverbs 26:20 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Without	→	אֶ֫פֶס H0657A end
wood	→	עֵץ H6086G tree: wood
a fire	→	אֵשׁ H0784 fire
goes out	→	כָּבָה H3518 to quench
without	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
gossip	→	רָגַן H7279 to grumble
a conflict	→	מָדוֹן H4066 strife
ceases	→	שָׁתַק H8367 be quiet

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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