Psalm 18:25:3Ps.18.25.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:26
עִם־גְּבַ֥ר
imgevar
“with a man”
- Transliteration
- IM-ge-VAR
- Extended
- IHM-geh-VAAR
- IPA
- /ʕim-ɡəˈvar/
Meaning by language
- English
- with a man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
IM-ge-VAR
- clause
IM-ge-VAR tit-ta-MIM
- sentence
IM-kha-SID tit-kha-SAD IM-ge-VAR tit-ta-MIM
Exegesis
The verse is structured as two parallel prepositional clauses introduced by im {עִם־ | ʿim} ‘with’.
Each clause pairs a noun phrase—chasid {חָסִיד | ḥā-sîḏ} ‘merciful one’ and gever tamim {גְּבַר תָּמִים | gə-ḇar tā-mîm} ‘blameless man’—with a Hitpael imperfect verb—tit-ḥas-sā-ḏ {תִּתְחַסָּד | tit-ḥas-sā-ḏ} and tit-tam-mām {תִּתַּמָּֽם | tit-tam-mām}—that conveys reciprocal action. This chiastic parallelism emphasizes that God’s response mirrors human character. The reflexive nuance of the Hitpael stem is rendered in English by phrases like ‘act kindly’ and ‘show Yourself blameless,’ and the implied subject is supplied as the pronoun You to reflect the original direct address.
Root and etymology
Rootgimel–bet–resh
“strong man”
In context — Psalm 18:25
With the merciful , You show Yourself merciful; with the blameless man, You show Yourself blameless.
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:25, so the Hebrew word עִם־גְּבַ֥ר (imgevar) 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.18.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.25.W3.S1) and character.