Proverbs 24:19:2Prov.24.19.W2TAB

בַּמְּרֵעִ֑ים

bammereim

against evildoers

Transliteration
bam-me-re-IM
Extended
bahm-meh-reh-EEM
IPA
/bam.məreːˈʕiːm/

Meaning by language

English
against evildoers

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
בַּמ + מְּ + רֵ + עִ֑ים
bam + me + re + im
bammereim

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    bam-me-re-IM

  2. clause

    al-tit-KHAR bam-me-re-IM

  3. sentence

    al-tit-KHAR bam-me-re-IM al-te-kan-NE bar-sha-IM

Exegesis

The first clause employs the reflexive Hitpael imperfect titchar {תִּתְחַ֥ר | tiṯ-ḥǎr} ‘become heated’, followed by the prepositional phrase ba-mə-rē-ʿîm {בַּמְּרֵעִים | ba-mə-rē-ʿîm} ‘at the evildoers’, where the plural participle functions substantively.

Root and etymology

r-ʿ-ʿ

to act wickedly, do evil

In contextProverbs 24:19

Do not fret at the evildoers , and do not envy the wicked .

About this coordinate

Proverbs 24:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 24:19, so the Hebrew word בַּמְּרֵעִ֑ים (bammereim) 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.24.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.19.W2.S1) and character.