וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ

   ve-ne-KASH

   but one who is twisted or crooked
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם

   ve-ne-KASH de-ra-KHA-yim

   but one who is twisted or crooked of ways {dual} or paths
3. clause🔊 וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת׃

   ve-ne-KASH de-ra-KHA-yim yi-POL be-e-KHAT

   but one who is twisted or crooked of ways {dual} or paths will fall in one {time} or at once
4. sentence🔊 הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת׃

   ho-LEKH ta-MIM yi-va-SHE-a ve-ne-KASH de-ra-KHA-yim yi-POL be-e-KHAT

   one who walks blameless or whole will be saved or delivered but one who is twisted or crooked of ways {dual} or paths will fall in one {time} or at once

Exegesis

The adversative conjunction ve- introduces the Nifal participle ne‘qash {וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ | wə-nə-‘ă-qāš} ‘perverse,’ highlighting twisted conduct, with the dual noun derakhayim {דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם | də-rā-ḵā-yim} ‘ways’ emphasizing two moral tracks.

Root and etymology

ʿ-q-š🔊 ע־ק־שׁayin–qof–shin

“to twist, distort”

• 🔊 עִקֵּשׁ‘î-qēšperverseDeuteronomy 32:5