Job 20:29:3Job.20.29.W3TAB
רָ֭שָׁע
rasha
“wicked”
- Transliteration
- ra-SHA
- Extended
- raa-SHAA
- IPA
- /raːˈʃaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- wicked
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
- clause
ZE KHE-lek-A-dam ra-SHA me-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ZE KHE-lek-A-dam ra-SHA me-e-lo-HIM ve-na-kha-LAT im-RO me-EL
Exegesis
The phrase khelesq-adam rasha {חֵלֶק־אָדָם רָשָׁע | ḥēleq-ʾāḏām rāšāʿ} forms a construct relationship (“portion of a man”) followed by an attributive adjective functioning substantivally (“wicked”), identifying the recipient of the allotted outcome.
Root and etymology
consonantsresh–shin–ayin
“to be wicked, act criminally”
In context — Job 20:29
This is the portion of a wicked man from God , and the inheritance of His decree from the Mighty One .
About this coordinate
Job 20:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 20:29, so the Hebrew word רָ֭שָׁע (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 Job.20.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.29.W3.S1) and character.