Proverbs 26:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּאֶ֣פֶס עֵ֭צִים תִּכְבֶּה־אֵ֑שׁ וּבְאֵ֥ין נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק מָדֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

In-efes etzim tikhbeh-esh, and-in-absence-of nirgan yishtoq madon.

Grammar Details

*be*: preposition - in
*efes*: noun, masculine, singular - ceasing/end of
*etzim*: noun, masculine, plural - wood/trees
*tikhbeh*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - goes out
*esh*: noun, feminine, singular - fire
*uve'ein*: conjunction with preposition and construct particle - and in absence of
*nirgan*: verb, Niphal participle, masculine singular - whisperer/talebearer
*yishtoq*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - ceases
*madon*: noun, masculine, singular - strife/contention

Word Meanings

*efes*: ceasing/end/no more
*etzim*: wood/timber/trees
*tikhbeh*: goes out/is extinguished
*esh*: fire
*ein*: there is not/absence of
*nirgan*: whisperer/talebearer/gossip
*yishtoq*: ceases/quiets down/is stilled
*madon*: strife/contention/quarreling

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 16:28 : 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Prov 22:10 : 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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