Proverbs 10:3:6Prov.10.3.W6TAB
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
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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Word in context
- word
re-sha-IM
- phraseyour reading level
re-sha-IM ye-DOF
- clause
ve-ha-VAT re-sha-IM ye-DOF
- sentence
LO-ya-RE-iv Ye-ho-VAH NE-fesh tsa-DIK ve-ha-VAT re-sha-IM ye-DOF
Exegesis
The coordinated phrase ve-havat reshaim {וְהַוַּת רְשָׁעִים | wə-haw-wat re-šā·ʿîm} ‘and the craving of the wicked’ introduces antithetical parallelism.
Root and etymology
ר־ש־ע
“wickedness, injustice”
In context — Proverbs 10:3
The LORD will not let the nefesh of the righteous go hungry, but He will repel the craving of the wicked.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 10:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 10:3, 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 Prov.10.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.10.3.W6.S1) and character.