Proverbs 28:1:3Prov.28.1.W3TAB
רָשָׁ֑ע
rasha
“a wicked person”
- Transliteration
- ra-SHA
- Extended
- raa-SHAA
- IPA
- /raːˈʃaʕ/
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
NA-su ve-EN-ro-DEF ra-SHA
- sentence
NA-su ve-EN-ro-DEF ra-SHA ve-tsa-di-KIM khi-khe-FIR yiv-TAKH
Exegesis
The noun rasha {רָשָׁ֑ע | rā-šāʿ} functions generically to denote the wicked, while the adversative vav introduces a contrast with ve-tsaddiqim {וְצַדִּיקִים | wə-ṣad-dî-qîm} ‘but the righteous ones.’
Root and etymology
Rootresh–shin–ayin
“to be wicked”
In context — Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues them, but the righteous are confident like a young lion .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 28:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 28:1, 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.28.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.28.1.W3.S1) and character.