Proverbs 12:6:2Prov.12.6.W2TAB
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
reshaim
“wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- re-sha-IM
- Extended
- reh-shaa-IHM
- 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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
re-sha-IM
- clause
div-RE re-sha-IM e-RAV-DAM
- sentence
div-RE re-sha-IM e-RAV-DAM u-FI ye-sha-RIM ya-tsi-LEM
Exegesis
The verse employs antithetical parallelism with divrei resha’im {דִּבְרֵי רְשָׁעִים | dî-v-rê rĕ-šā-ʿîm} ‘words of the wicked’ contrasted by pi yesharim {פִּי יְשָׁרִים | pî yĕ-šā-rîm} ‘mouth of the upright’.
Root and etymology
r-sh-ʿresh–shin–ayin
“to be wicked”
In context — Proverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 12:6, 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.12.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.6.W2.S1) and character.