Proverbs 14:19:5Prov.14.19.W5TAB
וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים
ureshaim
“and wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- u-re-sha-IM
- Extended
- oo-reh-shaa-IHM
- IPA
- /uːr.ʃaːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and wicked ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-re-sha-IM
- clause
u-re-sha-IM al-sha-a-RE tsa-DIK
- sentence
sha-KHU ra-IM lif-NE to-VIM u-re-sha-IM al-sha-a-RE tsa-DIK
Exegesis
A parallel antithetical clause follows, coordinated by the implied vav preceding ureshaim {וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים | wə-rə-šaʿ-îm} ‘wicked ones,’ with the prepositional phrase al-shaarei {עַֽל־שַׁעֲרֵ֥י | ʿal-šaʿ-arê} ‘at the gates of’ governing tsaddiq {צַדִּיק׃ | ṣad-dîq} ‘righteous one.’ This chiastic structure contrasts a reversal of status, placing the morally corrupt in subservience to the morally upright.
Root and etymology
ר־שׁ־ע
“wicked”
In context — Proverbs 14:19
The wicked bow down before the good, and evildoers bow at the entrance of the upright .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 14:19, so the Hebrew word וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים (ureshaim) 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.14.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.19.W5.S1) and character.