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
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RASH
- clause
gam-le-RE-e-hu yis-sa-NE RASH
- 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 context — Proverbs 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.