Daniel 12:10:6Dan.12.10.W6TAB
רְשָׁעִ֔ים
reshaim
“the wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- re-sha-IM
- Extended
- reh-sha-EEM
- IPA
- /rəʃaˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wicked ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
re-sha-IM
- 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’.
Root and etymology
r-sh-ʿResh, Shin, Ayin
“to be wicked or act criminally”
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 12:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Daniel 12:10, so the Hebrew word רְשָׁעִ֔ים (reshaim) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.12.10.W6.S1) and character.