Proverbs 21:12:4Prov.21.12.W4TAB
רָשָׁ֑ע
rasha
“a wicked person”
- Transliteration
- ra-SHA
- Extended
- raa-SHAA
- IPA
- /raˈʃaːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a wicked person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ra-SHA
- clause
ma-se-KIL tsa-DIK le-VEIT ra-SHA
- sentence
ma-se-KIL tsa-DIK le-VEIT ra-SHA me-sa-LEF re-sha-IM la-RA
Exegesis
The construct phrase leveit rasha {לְבֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע | lə-ḇêyt rā·šāʿ} ‘the house of the wicked’ uses the preposition lamed to mark relation and a construct chain for possession.
Root and etymology
ר־שׁ־עr-š-ʿ
“to be wicked”
In context — Proverbs 21:12
The Righteous One wisely considers the house of the wicked; He overturns the wicked to ruin.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 21:12, so the Hebrew word רָשָׁ֑ע (rasha) 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.21.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.12.W4.S1) and character.