Proverbs 16:4:5Prov.16.4.W5TAB
וְגַם־רָ֝שָׁ֗ע
vegamrasha
“and also a wicked one”
- Transliteration
- ve-gam-ra-SHA
- Extended
- veh-gahm-raa-SHAA
- IPA
- /vəɣam.raˈʃaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and also a wicked one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-gam-ra-SHA
- clause
ve-gam-ra-SHA le-YOM ra-A
- sentence
KOL pa-AL Ye-ho-VAH lam-ma-a-NE-hu ve-gam-ra-SHA le-YOM ra-A
Exegesis
The intensive conjunction vegam {וְגַם־ | wəgam} ‘and also’ introduces the inclusion of the wicked rasha {רָשָׁע | rāshā‘}, emphasizing that even moral evildoers serve divine ends.
Root and etymology
r-š-ʿResh–Shin–Ayin
“to act wickedly”
In context — Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 16:4, so the Hebrew word וְגַם־רָ֝שָׁ֗ע (vegamrasha) 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.16.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.4.W5.S1) and character.