Proverbs 13:25:6Prov.13.25.W6TAB
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
reshaim
“of wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- re-sha-IM
- Extended
- reh-shaa-EEM
- IPA
- /rəʃaːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
re-sha-IM tekh-SAR
- clause
u-VE-ten re-sha-IM tekh-SAR
- sentence
tsa-DIK o-KHEL le-SO-va naf-SHO u-VE-ten re-sha-IM tekh-SAR
Exegesis
The proverb employs antithetic parallelism by pairing the substantive participle tsaddiq {צַדִּיק | ṣaddîq} ‘righteous one’ with the construct phrase beten reshaʿim {בֶּטֶן רְשָׁעִים | ḇeṭen re-šāʿîm} ‘belly of the wicked’.
Root and etymology
ר־שׁ־ע
“to be wicked”
In context — Proverbs 13:25
The righteous person eats to the satisfaction of his soul , but the belly of the wicked will lack .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 13:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 13:25, 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.13.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.13.25.W6.S1) and character.