Job 18:5:3Job.18.5.W3TAB
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
reshaim
“wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- re-sha-IM
- Extended
- reh-shaa-EEM
- IPA
- /rəʃaˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- wicked ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
re-sha-IM
- clause
GAM OR re-sha-IM yid-AKH
- sentence
GAM OR re-sha-IM yid-AKH ve-LO-yi-GAH she-VIV i-SHO
Exegesis
The phrase or reshaim {א֣וֹר רְשָׁעִ֣ים | ʾôr rəšāʿîm} functions as a construct-style genitive (“the light belonging to the wicked”), using “light” as a metaphor for security, thriving, and continuing life.
Root and etymology
consonantsresh–shin–ayin
“to be wicked”
In context — Job 18:5
Also the light of the wicked will be extinguished, and the spark of his fire will not shine.
About this coordinate
Job 18:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 18:5, so the Hebrew word רְשָׁעִ֣ים (reshaim) 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 Job.18.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.5.W3.S1) and character.