Genesis 18:25:11Gen.18.25.W11TAB
כָּרָשָׁ֑ע
karasha
“as the wicked one”
- Transliteration
- ka-ra-SHA
- Extended
- kah-rah-SHAA
- IPA
- /kaː.raːˈʃaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the wicked one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| 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
ka-ra-SHA
- clause
kha-LI-la le-KHA me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK ka-ra-SHA
- sentence
kha-LI-la le-KHA me-a-SOT ka-da-VAR ha-ZEH le-ha-MIT tsa-DIK im-ra-SHA ve-ha-YA kha-tsa-DIK ka-ra-SHA kha-LI-la LAKH ha-sho-FET kol-ha-A-rets LO ya-a-SE mi-she-PAT
Exegesis
A vav result clause vehayah katsaddiq karashaʿ {וְהָיָ֥ה כַצַדִּ֖יק כָּרָשָׁ֑ע | wə-hā-yāh ka-ṣad-dîq kā-rā-šāʿ} “and it will be that the righteous are like the wicked” underscores the injustice.
Root and etymology
r-sh-‘resh–shin–ayin
“to be wicked”
In context — Genesis 18:25
Far be it from You to do this—to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous would be treated like the wicked. Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of all the earth not do justice ?
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:25:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 18:25, so the Hebrew word כָּרָשָׁ֑ע (karasha) 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.18.25.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.25.W11.S1) and character.