Psalm 18:26:3Ps.18.26.W3TABWLC Psalms 18:27

וְעִם־עִקֵּ֥שׁ

veimikkesh

and with the crooked

Transliteration
ve-IM-IK-KESH
Extended
veh-IHM-IHK-KEESH
IPA
/və.ʕim.ʕiqˈqeːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
and with the crooked

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + עִם + עִק + קֵּ֥שׁ
ve + im + ik + kesh
veimikkesh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-IM-IK-KESH

  2. clause

    ve-IM-IK-KESH tit-pa-TAL

  3. sentence

    IM-NA-var tit-ba-RAR ve-IM-IK-KESH tit-pa-TAL

Exegesis

The verse uses synonymous parallelism in the phrases im navar {עִם־נָבָ֥ר | ʿim nā-ḇār} ‘with the pure’ and ve'im ikesh {וְעִם־עִקֵּ֥שׁ | wə-ʿim ʿiq-qēš} ‘and with the crooked’.

Root and etymology

to twist, pervert

In contextPsalm 18:26

With the pure You show Yourself pure, and with the crooked You show Yourself twisted.

About this coordinate

Psalm 18:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Psalm 18:26, so the Hebrew word וְעִם־עִקֵּ֥שׁ (veimikkesh) 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.18.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.26.W3.S1) and character.