Proverbs 11:3:6Prov.11.3.W6TAB

ושדם

veshadem

and their destruction

Transliteration
ve-SHA-dem
Extended
veh-SHAH-dehm
IPA
/vəʃaˈdɛm/

Meaning by language

English
and their destruction

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Daletd as in door
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-SHA-dem

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bo-gde-DIM ve-SHA-dem ye-SHAD-DEM

  3. clause

    ve-SE-lef bo-gde-DIM ve-SHA-dem ye-SHAD-DEM

  4. sentence

    tu-MAT ye-sha-RIM tan-KHEM ve-SE-lef bo-gde-DIM ve-SHA-dem ye-SHAD-DEM

Exegesis

The adversative linkage introduces the second clause with perverseness {סֶלֶף | séleṯ} ‘perverseness’ and traitors {בּוֹגְדִ֣ים | bôg-ḏîm} ‘traitors’, leading to the piel imperfect verb veshaddem {וְשָׁדֵּֽם | wə-šaddêm} ‘will destroy’. The chiastic parallelism, matching pronominal suffixes, and the English genitive rendering of the construct emphasize the moral contrast and decisive outcomes.

In contextProverbs 11:3

The integrity of the upright will guide them, but the perverseness of traitors will destroy them.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 11:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 11:3, so the Hebrew word ושדם (veshadem) 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.11.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.11.3.W6.S1) and character.