Proverbs 20:26:2Prov.20.26.W2TAB
רְ֭שָׁעִים
reshaim
“the wicked”
- Transliteration
- re-sha-IM
- Extended
- reh-shaa-EEM
- IPA
- /rə.ʃaˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the wicked
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
re-sha-IM
- clause
me-za-RE re-sha-IM ME-lekh kha-KHAM
- sentence
me-za-RE re-sha-IM ME-lekh kha-KHAM va-ya-SHEV a-le-HEM o-FAN
Exegesis
The verse opens with the Piel participle מְזָרֶה {מְזָרֶה | mĕ-zā-rēh} ‘scattering,’ which takes the direct object רְשָׁעִים {רְשָׁעִים | rĕ-šā-ʿîm} ‘wicked ones.’
Root and etymology
r-sh-ʿr-sh-ʿ
“to act wickedly”
In context — Proverbs 20:26
A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel upon them.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 20:26, so the Hebrew word רְ֭שָׁעִים (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.20.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.26.W2.S1) and character.