Job 20:5:3Job.20.5.W3TAB
רְ֭שָׁעִים
reshaim
“wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- re-sha-IM
- Extended
- reh-shaa-EEM
- IPA
- /rəʃaːˈʕiːm/
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
KI rin-NA-t re-sha-IM mik-ka-ROV
- sentence
KI rin-NA-t re-sha-IM mik-ka-ROV ve-sim-KHA-t kha-NEF a-de-RA-ga
Exegesis
Two parallel construct chains—rinnanat reshaim {רִנְנַת רְשָׁעִים | rin-naṯ rə-šā-ʿîm} ‘exultation of the wicked’ and vesimchat khanef {וְשִׂמְחַת חָנֵף | wə-śim-ḥaṯ ḥā-nēp̄} ‘and joy of the godless’—create balanced poetic parallelism, reinforcing the same idea with varied vocabulary.
Root and etymology
ר-ש-עResh–Shin–Ayin
“to act wickedly”
In context — Job 20:5
For the exultation of the wicked is brief, and the joy of the godless is only a moment .
About this coordinate
Job 20:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 20:5, so the Hebrew word רְ֭שָׁעִים (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.20.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.5.W3.S1) and character.