Psalm 18:21:4Ps.18.21.W4TABWLC Psalms 18:22
וְלֹא־רָשַׁעְתִּי
velorashati
“and I have not acted wickedly”
- Transliteration
- ve-LO-RA-sha-ti
- Extended
- veh-LOH-RAA-shah-tee
- IPA
- /vəloː.ʀaˈʃaʕ.tiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I have not acted wickedly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-LO-RA-sha-ti
- sentence
KI-sha-MAR-ti DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-RA-sha-ti me-e-lo-HAI
Exegesis
The vav-negative velo {וְלֹא־ | wə-lōʾ} plus Qal perfect rashati {רָשַׁעְתִּי | rāšaʿtî} ‘I have acted wickedly’ forms a parallel contrast.
Root and etymology
r-š-ʿ
“to act wickedly”
In context — Psalm 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not acted wickedly away from my God .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 18:21, so the Hebrew word וְלֹא־רָשַׁעְתִּי (velorashati) 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.18.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.21.W4.S1) and character.