Daniel 12:10:5Dan.12.10.W5TAB
וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּ
vehirshiu
“but act wickedly”
- Transliteration
- ve-hir-shi-U
- Extended
- veh-hir-shih-UU
- IPA
- /vəhir.ʃiˈʕuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but act wickedly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hir-shi-U
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hir-shi-U re-sha-IM
- clause
yit-ba-ra-RU ve-yit-lab-NU ve-yits-tsar-FU ra-BIM ve-hir-shi-U re-sha-IM ve-LO ya-vi-NU KAL-re-sha-IM
- sentence
yit-ba-ra-RU ve-yit-lab-NU ve-yits-tsar-FU ra-BIM ve-hir-shi-U re-sha-IM ve-LO ya-vi-NU KAL-re-sha-IM ve-ham-mas-ki-LIM ya-vi-NU
Exegesis
The clause ve-hirshi’u {וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּ | wə-hiršîʿû} ‘and shall act wickedly’ in the hiphil perfect contrasts the fate of resha’im {רְשָׁעִים | re-šāʿîm} ‘the wicked’.
In context — Daniel 12:10
Many shall be purified , made white, and refined; but the wicked shall practice wickedness, and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand .
About this coordinate
Daniel 12:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Daniel 12:10, so the Hebrew word וְהִרְשִׁ֣יעוּ (vehirshiu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Dan.12.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.12.10.W5.S1) and character.