Proverbs 24:19:4Prov.24.19.W4TAB
בָּרְשָׁעִֽים׃
barshaim
“of the wicked”
- Transliteration
- bar-sha-IM
- Extended
- baar-sheh-ah-EEM
- IPA
- /baːr.ʃaːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the wicked
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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Word in context
- word
bar-sha-IM
- clause
al-te-kan-NE bar-sha-IM
- sentence
al-tit-KHAR bam-me-re-IM al-te-kan-NE bar-sha-IM
Exegesis
The second clause mirrors this structure with the Piel imperfect teqanne {תְּקַנֵּ֗א | tə-qan-nē} ‘be envious’ and the prepositional phrase bār-šā-ʿîm {בָּרְשָׁעִים | bār-šā-ʿîm} ‘at the wicked ones’. This chiastic parallelism intensifies the warning by juxtaposing inward agitation and outward envy toward immoral actors, and the English translation preserves the repeated “do not” and corresponding prepositions to reflect the Hebrew’s rhetorical balance.
Root and etymology
r-sh-ʿ
“to be wicked”
In context — Proverbs 24:19
Do not fret at the evildoers , and do not envy the wicked .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 24:19, so the Hebrew word בָּרְשָׁעִֽים׃ (barshaim) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.19.W4.S1) and character.