Numbers 16:26:9Num.16.26.W9TAB
הָרְשָׁעִים
hareshaeem
“the wicked”
- Transliteration
- ha-re-sha-EEM
- Extended
- hah-reh-sha-EEM
- IPA
- /ha.rə.ʃaˈʔim/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wicked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-re-sha-EEM
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER el-ha-e-DAH le-MOR SU-ru NA me-AL o-ha-LEI ha-a-na-SHIM ha-re-sha-EEM ha-e-LEH ve-AL-TIG-u be-KHOL-a-sher la-HEM pen-ti-SA-fu be-KHOL-kha-to-TAM
Exegesis
The appositive ha’anashim hareshaim ha’eleh {הָאֲנָשִׁים הָֽרְשָׁעִים הָאֵ֔לֶּה | hāʾănāšîm hārəšāʿîm hāʾêlleh} ‘these men, the wicked ones’ heightens moral reproach.
Root and etymology
RootResh, Shin, Ayin
“to act wickedly”
In context — Numbers 16:26
And he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Turn aside now from the tents of these wicked ones , and do not touch anything that belongs to them, lest you be swept away because of all their sins.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:26:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 16:26, so the Hebrew word הָרְשָׁעִים (hareshaeem) 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 Num.16.26.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.26.W9.S1) and character.