Proverbs 19:28:6Prov.19.28.W6TAB
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים
reshaim
“wicked ones”
- Transliteration
- re-sha-IM
- Extended
- reh-shaa-EEM
- IPA
- /rə.ʃaːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- wicked ones
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
re-sha-IM
- phraseyour reading level
u-FI re-sha-IM
- clause
u-FI re-sha-IM ye-val-LA-a-O-ven
- sentence
ED be-li-YA-al ya-LITS mish-PAT u-FI re-sha-IM ye-val-LA-a-O-ven
Exegesis
The second clause mirrors this structure with the prepositional phrase ufi {וּפִי | u-fî} ‘and mouth’ as the agent, modified by resha'im {רְשָׁעִים | re-šā-ʿîm} ‘wicked,’ and the verb yevalla {יְבַלַּע | yə-bal-lāʿ} ‘swallows’ taking aven {אָוֶן | ā-ven} ‘iniquity’ as its object. The use of synonymous parallelism highlights the moral corruption of both speaker and subject matter, and the maqqef in yevalla-aven underscores the unified force of the action and its object.
Root and etymology
Rootr-sh-ʿ
“wickedness”
In context — Proverbs 19:28
A worthless witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:28:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 19:28, so the Hebrew word רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים (reshaim) 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.19.28.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.28.W6.S1) and character.