Proverbs 12:10:6Prov.12.10.W6TAB
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים
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
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’.
Root and etymology
r-š-ʿresh–shin–ayin
“evil”
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 12:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 12:10, so the Hebrew word רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים (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.12.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.10.W6.S1) and character.