Proverbs 22:16:1Prov.22.16.W1TAB
עֹ֣שֵֽׁק
osheq
“one who oppresses”
- Transliteration
- o-SHEQ
- Extended
- o-SHEEQ
- IPA
- /ʕo.ˈʃeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who oppresses
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-SHEQ
- clause
o-SHEQ DAL le-har-BOT LO
- sentence
o-SHEQ DAL le-har-BOT LO no-TEN le-a-SHIR AKH-le-makh-SOR
Exegesis
The verse employs synthetic parallelism through two participles, oshek {עֹ֣שֵֽׁק | ʿôšēq} ‘one who oppresses’ and nōṯēn {נֹתֵ֥ן | nōṯēn} ‘one who gives’, each followed by a purpose infinitive.
Root and etymology
ʿ–š–qʿ-sh-q
“to oppress”
In context — Proverbs 22:16
One who oppresses the poor to enrich himself and one who gives to the rich will surely come to poverty .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 22:16, so the Hebrew word עֹ֣שֵֽׁק (osheq) 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.22.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.16.W1.S1) and character.