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
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-IM-IK-KESH
- clause
ve-IM-IK-KESH tit-pa-TAL
- 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 context — Psalm 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.