Proverbs 14:20:3Prov.14.20.W3TAB

רָ֑שׁ

rash

a poor person

Transliteration
RASH
Extended
RAASH
IPA
/ˈraːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
a poor person

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    RASH

  2. clause

    gam-le-RE-e-hu yis-sa-NE RASH

  3. sentence

    gam-le-RE-e-hu yis-sa-NE RASH ve-o-ha-VE a-SHIR ra-BIM

Exegesis

The verb yissane {יִשָּׂנֵא | yiśānē} ‘hates’ precedes its subject rash {רָשׁ | rāš} ‘poor man’ in a verbal-subject-object (VSO) order, highlighting habitual hostility.

Root and etymology

resh–shinresh–shin

to be poor, in want

In contextProverbs 14:20

Even his own neighbor hates the poor man, but the friends of the rich man are many .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 14:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 14:20, so the Hebrew word רָ֑שׁ (rash) 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.14.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.20.W3.S1) and character.