Ezekiel 18:21:1Ezek.18.21.W1TAB
וְהָרָשָׁ֗ע
veharasha
“and the wicked”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ra-SHA
- Extended
- veh-haa-rah-SHAH
- IPA
- /vɛhaːraˈʃaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the wicked
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-ra-SHA
- clause
ve-ha-ra-SHA KI ya-SHUV mi-KAL-kha-ta-TO kha-to-TAIV a-SHER a-SA ve-sha-MAR et-KAL-khu-ko-TAI ve-a-SA mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA
- sentence
ve-ha-ra-SHA KI ya-SHUV mi-KAL-kha-ta-TO kha-to-TAIV a-SHER a-SA ve-sha-MAR et-KAL-khu-ko-TAI ve-a-SA mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA kha-YO yikh-YE LO ya-MUT
Exegesis
The verse opens with veharasha {וְהָרָשָׁע | wə-hā-rā-šāʿ} placing “the wicked” in focus, followed by ki {כִּי | kî} introducing a conditional clause.
Root and etymology
r-sh-ʿresh–shin–ayin
“to act wickedly or be guilty”
In context — Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked turns back from all his sins which he has committed, and keeps all My statutes , and does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 18:21, so the Hebrew word וְהָרָשָׁ֗ע (veharasha) 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 Ezek.18.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.21.W1.S1) and character.