Proverbs 26:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭נוּד כַּדְּר֣וֹר לָע֑וּף כֵּ֥ן קִֽלְלַ֥ת חִ֝נָּ֗ם *לא **ל֣וֹ תָבֹֽא׃

Transliteration

Like tzippor for nud, like deror for uf, so qilelat ḥinnam to-him not tavo.

Grammar Details

*tzippor*: noun, feminine, singular with preposition and definite article (כַּ) - bird
*nud*: verb, Qal infinitive construct with preposition (לָ) - to wander/flutter
*deror*: noun, masculine, singular with preposition (כַּ) - sparrow/swallow
*uf*: verb, Qal infinitive construct with preposition (לָ) - to fly
*ken*: adverb - so, thus
*qilelat*: noun, feminine, singular construct - curse of
*ḥinnam*: adverb - without cause, for no reason
*lo*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
*tavo*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will come

Word Meanings

*tzippor*: bird/small bird
*nud*: to wander/flutter/move to and fro
*deror*: swallow/sparrow/swift bird
*uf*: to fly/soar
*qilelat*: curse/cursing
*ḥinnam*: without cause/gratuitously/for no reason
*tavo*: will come/will arrive

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Num 23:8 : 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
2 Sam 16:12 : 12 It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
Neh 13:2 : 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
Ps 109:28 : 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Prov 27:8 : 8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
Deut 23:4-5 : 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
1 Sam 14:28-29 : 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
1 Sam 17:43 : 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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