Proverbs 13:17:2Prov.13.17.W2TAB
רָ֭שָׁע
rasha
“wicked”
- Transliteration
- ra-SHA
- Extended
- raa-SHAH
- IPA
- /raːˈʃaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- wicked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-SHA
- clause
mal-AKH ra-SHA yip-POL be-RA
- sentence
mal-AKH ra-SHA yip-POL be-RA ve-TSIR e-mu-NIM mar-PE
Exegesis
The first clause presents malʾākh {מַלְאָ֣ךְ | malʾākh} ‘messenger’ modified by rāšāʿ {רָ֭שָׁע | rāšāʿ} ‘wicked’, followed by the verb yippōl {יִפֹּל | yippōl} ‘he will fall’ and the prepositional phrase bə-rāʿ {בְּרָ֑ע | bə-rāʿ} ‘into evil’.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–shin–ayin
“to be wicked”
In context — Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger will fall into evil, but a faithful envoy brings healing .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 13:17, so the Hebrew word רָ֭שָׁע (rasha) 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.13.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.17.W2.S1) and character.