Proverbs 12:10:5Prov.12.10.W5TAB
וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י
verakhame
“but mercies of”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-kha-ME
- Extended
- veh-rah-khah-MEE
- IPA
- /vərăħăˈmeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- but mercies of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ra-kha-ME
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-kha-ME re-sha-IM
- clause
ve-ra-kha-ME re-sha-IM akh-za-RI
- sentence
yo-DE-a tsa-DIK NE-fesh be-HEM-to ve-ra-kha-ME re-sha-IM akh-za-RI
Exegesis
The verse employs synonymous parallelism by contrasting the participle yodea {יוֹדֵעַ | yŏ-dē-‘a} ‘he knows’ with the adversative vav clause modifying verachamei resha‘im {וְרַחֲמֵי רְשָׁעִים | wĕ-raḥ-ămê re-šā‘îm} ‘and the mercies of the wicked’.
In context — Proverbs 12:10
The righteous knows the soul of his animal, but the mercies of the wicked are cruel.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:10:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 12:10, so the Hebrew word וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י (verakhame) 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.12.10.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.10.W5.S1) and character.