Proverbs 18:3:1Prov.18.3.W1TAB
בְּֽבוֹא־רָ֭שָׁע
bevorasha
“when coming of a wicked one”
- Transliteration
- be-VO-ra-SHA
- Extended
- beh-VOH-raa-SHAH
- IPA
- /bəˈvoː.raːˈʃaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- when coming of a wicked one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
be-VO-ra-SHA
- clause
be-VO-ra-SHA BA gam-BUZ
- sentence
be-VO-ra-SHA BA gam-BUZ ve-IM-ka-LON KHER-pe
Exegesis
The verse opens with the infinitive construct bevo {בְּבוֹא | bə-bōʾ} ‘at the coming’, functioning as a temporal protasis.
It is followed by the subject rasha {רָשָׁע | rā-šāʿ} ‘wicked’ and the Qal perfect ba {בָּא | bāʾ} ‘comes’, establishing a conditional relationship.
Root and etymology
Rootresh shin ayin
“to be wicked”
In context — Proverbs 18:3
When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with disgrace, reproach follows.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 18:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 18:3, so the Hebrew word בְּֽבוֹא־רָ֭שָׁע (bevorasha) 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.18.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.18.3.W1.S1) and character.