Proverbs 29:13:1Prov.29.13.W1TAB
רָ֤שׁ
rash
“a poor person”
- Transliteration
- RASH
- Extended
- RAASH
- IPA
- /ˈraːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a poor person
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RASH
- clause
RASH ve-ISH te-kha-KHIM nif-GA-shu
- sentence
RASH ve-ISH te-kha-KHIM nif-GA-shu me-IR-e-NE she-NE-hem Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with two coordinated nominal subjects, rash {רָשׁ | rāš} ‘poor person’ and veʾîš təkāḵîm {וְאִישׁ תְּכָכִים | wə-ʾîš təḵāḵîm} ‘a man of schemers’, with no overt copula.
Root and etymology
RootResh–Aleph–Shin
“be poor, be destitute”
In context — Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 29:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 29:13, so the Hebrew word רָ֤שׁ (rash) 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.29.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.29.13.W1.S1) and character.