Ezekiel 18:23:4Ezek.18.23.W4TAB
רָשָׁ֔ע
rasha
“a wicked person”
- Transliteration
- ra-SHA
- Extended
- raa-SHAA
- IPA
- /raːˈʃaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wicked person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ra-SHA
- phraseyour reading level
MOT ra-SHA
- clause
he-KHA-fets e-KH-pots MOT ra-SHA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- sentence
he-KHA-fets e-KH-pots MOT ra-SHA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ha-LO be-shu-VO mid-de-ra-KHAV ve-kha-YA
Exegesis
paired with echpotz {אֶחְפֹּץ | ʾe-ḥpōṣ} ‘I desire’, intensifying the divine stance toward rasha {רָשָׁע | rā-šāʿ} ‘wicked’.
Root and etymology
r-š-ʿresh–shin–ayin
“to act wickedly”
In context — Ezekiel 18:23
Do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked , declares the Lord GOD , and not in his turning from his ways and living?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:23, so the Hebrew word רָשָׁ֔ע (rasha) 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.18.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.23.W4.S1) and character.