Psalm 15:5:4Ps.15.5.W4TAB
וְשֹׁ֥חַד
veshokhad
“and a bribe”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHO-khad
- Extended
- veh-SHOH-khahd
- IPA
- /vɛˈʃoħaːd/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a bribe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
ve-SHO-khad
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHO-khad al-na-KI
- clause
kas-PO lo-NA-tan be-NE-shekh ve-SHO-khad al-na-KI LO la-KAKH o-SE-E-le
- sentence
kas-PO lo-NA-tan be-NE-shekh ve-SHO-khad al-na-KI LO la-KAKH o-SE-E-le LO yi-MOT le-o-LAM
Exegesis
A parallel nominal clause follows with veshokhad {וְשֹׁחַד | wə-šō-ḥaḏ} ‘bribe’ introduced by the conjunction ve {וְ | wə} and the prepositional phrase al naqi {עַל־נָקִי | ʿal nā-qî} ‘against the innocent’, framed by the negative lo {לֹא | lōʾ} and the Qal perfect lakach {לָקַח | lā-qāḥ} ‘he took’.
Root and etymology
Rootsh-ḥ-d
“bribe”
In context — Psalm 15:5
He does not lend his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent ; he who practices these things will not be moved .
About this coordinate
Psalm 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 15:5, so the Hebrew word וְשֹׁ֥חַד (veshokhad) 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 Ps.15.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.15.5.W4.S1) and character.