חֲמָסִ֣ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֲמָסִ֣ים

   kha-ma-SIM

   of violences or violence
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 חֲמָסִ֣ים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃

   kha-ma-SIM yish-TU

   of violences or violence they drink
3. clause🔊 וְיֵ֖ין חֲמָסִ֣ים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃

   ve-YEN kha-ma-SIM yish-TU

   and wine of violences or violence they drink
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י לָ֭חֲמוּ לֶ֣חֶם רֶ֑שַׁע וְיֵ֖ין חֲמָסִ֣ים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃

   KI la-KHA-mu LE-khem RE-sha ve-YEN kha-ma-SIM yish-TU

   for they eat bread wickedness and wine of violences or violence they drink

Exegesis

Each verb governs a construct chain—leḥem rešaʿ {לֶחֶם רֶשַׁע | le-ḥem re-šaʿ} ‘bread of wickedness’ and wəyeîn ḥămasîm {וְיֵין חֲמָסִים | wə-yê-în ḥă-mā-śîm} ‘and wine of violent deeds’—personifying sin as sustenance and intoxication. The parallelism and construct phrases intensify the moral indictment by depicting wickedness and violence as nourishment and drink.

Root and etymology

ḥ-m-s🔊 ח־מ־סḥet–mem–samekh

“violence, injustice”

• 🔊 חֲמָסִיםḥă-mā-śîmacts of violenceGenesis 6:11