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If a person curses

This means if a someone express a desire that bad things will happen to someone else.

his lamp will be put out in the middle of darkness

This speaks of a person dying suddenly and unexpectedly as if his life were a lamp put out in the dark. Alternate translation: "his life will end as suddenly as the light of a lamp that is put out in the dark" or "he will die suddenly" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

his lamp will be put out

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "his lamp will go out" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive)

his lamp

This refers to a lamp with a burning flame. Here the lamp's flame is referred to as the lamp itself. Alternate translation: "the flame of his lamp" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche)