Proverbs 20:22:2Prov.20.22.W2TAB
אֲשַׁלְּמָה־רָ֑ע
ashallemara
“I will repay evil”
- Transliteration
- a-SHAL-le-MA-RA
- Extended
- ah-SHAL-leh-MAA-RAA
- IPA
- /ʔă.ʃal.lə.maːˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will repay evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHAL-le-MA-RA
- clause
al-to-MAR a-SHAL-le-MA-RA
- sentence
al-to-MAR a-SHAL-le-MA-RA ka-VE la-ye-ho-VAH ve-yo-SHA LAKH
Exegesis
A Piel cohortative ʾašalləmāh- {אֲשַׁלְּמָה־ | ʾašalləmāh-} ‘I will repay’ is linked by a maqqef to its object rāʿ {רָע | rāʿ} ‘evil,’ expressing personal vengeance.
Root and etymology
ר-ע
“evil; bad”
In context — Proverbs 20:22
Do not say “I will repay evil”; instead hope in the LORD and He will save you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 20:22, so the Hebrew word אֲשַׁלְּמָה־רָ֑ע (ashallemara) 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.20.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.22.W2.S1) and character.