Proverbs 15:29:3Prov.15.29.W3TAB
מֵרְשָׁעִ֑ים
mereshaim
“from wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- me-re-sha-IM
- Extended
- mee-reh-shaa-EEM
- IPA
- /meː.rəʃaːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from wicked ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-re-sha-IM
- clause
ra-KHOK ye-ho-VAH me-re-sha-IM
- sentence
ra-KHOK ye-ho-VAH me-re-sha-IM u-te-fi-LAT tsa-di-KIM yish-ma
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase mersaʿim {מֵרְשָׁעִ֑ים | mēršāʿîm} ‘from wicked ones’ specifies whom He distances Himself from.
Root and etymology
r-š-ʿResh Shin Ayin
“to act wickedly”
In context — Proverbs 15:29
The LORD keeps Himself distant from the wicked, but He listens to the prayer of the righteous .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 15:29, so the Hebrew word מֵרְשָׁעִ֑ים (mereshaim) 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.15.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.29.W3.S1) and character.