Genesis 18:23:7Gen.18.23.W7TAB
עִם־רָשָֽׁע׃
imrasha
“with a wicked one”
- Transliteration
- im-ra-SHA
- Extended
- ihm-rah-SHAA
- IPA
- /ʕim.raː.ˈʃaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a wicked one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| 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
im-ra-SHA
- clause
ha-AF tis-PE tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA
- sentence
va-yig-GASH av-ra-HAM va-yo-MAR ha-AF tis-PE tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA
Exegesis
The phrase tsaddiq im-rasha {צַדִּיק עִם־רָשָׁע | ṣad-dîq ʿim-rā-šāʿ} links two moral opposites with the preposition im {עִם | ʿim}, heightening ethical tension. English word order preserves the force of Abraham’s direct address to God.
Root and etymology
r-sh-ʿresh–shin–ayin
“to be wicked”
In context — Genesis 18:23
And Abraham approached and said, “Will You truly blot out the righteous alongside the wicked?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 18:23, so the Hebrew word עִם־רָשָֽׁע׃ (imrasha) 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 Gen.18.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.23.W7.S1) and character.