Leviticus 19:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־תְקַלֵּ֣ל חֵרֵ֔שׁ וְלִפְנֵ֣י עִוֵּ֔ר לֹ֥א תִתֵּ֖ן מִכְשֹׁ֑ל וְיָרֵ֥אתָ מֵּאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה

Transliteration

lōʾ-ṯəqallēl ḥērēš wə-lip̄nê ʿiwwēr lōʾ ṯittēn miḵšōl wə-yārēʾṯā mēʾĕlōhêḵā ʾănî YHWH

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *ṯəqallēl*: Piel imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall curse
• *ḥērēš*: adjective, masculine singular - deaf
• *wə-lip̄nê*: conjunction + preposition + construct - and before
• *ʿiwwēr*: adjective, masculine singular - blind
• *ṯittēn*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall place/put
• *miḵšōl*: noun, masculine singular - stumbling block
• *wə-yārēʾṯā*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - and you shall fear
• *mēʾĕlōhêḵā*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - from your God
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD

Word Meanings

• *ṯəqallēl*: curse/revile/treat with contempt
• *miḵšōl*: stumbling block/obstacle/cause of stumbling
• *yārēʾṯā*: fear/revere/respect

Referenced Verses

• Deut 27:18 : 18 Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• Lev 19:32 : 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
• Lev 25:17 : 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
• Rom 14:13 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
• 1 Cor 8:8-9 : 8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; 11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
• 1 Pet 2:17 : 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
• Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
• Gen 42:18 : 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
• 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
• 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
• Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
• Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.