Ezekiel 21:25:3Ezek.21.25.W3TABWLC Ezekiel 21:30
רָשָׁ֔ע
rasha
“wicked one”
- Transliteration
- ra-SHA
- Extended
- raa-SHAA
- IPA
- /raːˈʃaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- wicked one
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
kha-LAL ra-SHA
- clause
ve-a-TA kha-LAL ra-SHA ne-SI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-a-TA kha-LAL ra-SHA ne-SI yis-ra-EL a-SHER-ba yo-MO be-ET a-VON KETS
Exegesis
The three descriptors chalal {חָלָ֣ל | ḥā-lāl} ‘profaned’, rasha {רָשָׁע | rā-šāʿ} ‘wicked’, and nesi {נְשִׂיא | nə-śîʾ} ‘prince’ are stacked in apposition, producing a rapid accusatory portrait: status (“prince”) is framed by corruption (defilement and moral evil).
Root and etymology
consonantsResh–Shin–Ayin
“to act wickedly”
In context — Ezekiel 21:25
And you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has arrived at the time of iniquity’s end .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Ezekiel 21:25, 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.21.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.25.W3.S1) and character.