Isaiah 13:11:4Isa.13.11.W4TAB
וְעַל־רְשָׁעִ֖ים
vealreshaim
“and upon wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- ve-al-re-sha-IM
- Extended
- veh-ahl-reh-shah-EEM
- IPA
- /vəʕal.rəʃaːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and upon wicked ones
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-al-re-sha-IM
- clause
u-fa-KAD-ti al-TE-vel ra-A ve-al-re-sha-IM a-vo-NAM
- sentence
u-fa-KAD-ti al-TE-vel ra-A ve-al-re-sha-IM a-vo-NAM ve-hish-BAT-ti ge-ON ze-DIM ve-ga-a-VAT a-ri-TSIM ash-PIIL
Exegesis
The parallel prepositional phrases al-te-vêl rā-ʿāh {עַל־תֵּבֵל רָעָה | ʿal-tê-vêl rā-ʿāh} and wə-ʿal-re-šā-ʿîm ă-vō-nām {וְעַל־רְשָׁעִים עֲוֺנָם | wə-ʿal-re-šā-ʿîm ă-vō-nām} specify the scope of punishment.
In context — Isaiah 13:11
And I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will bring low the haughtiness of the ruthless .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 13:11, so the Hebrew word וְעַל־רְשָׁעִ֖ים (vealreshaim) 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 Isa.13.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.11.W4.S1) and character.