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title: רָשַׁע — be wicked · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָשַׁע (7561), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: be wicked. BDB 1906: vb. denom. be wicked, act wickedly. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָשַׁע

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«רָשַׁע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be wicked** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 34 times · **Key:** 7561 · **BDB:** רָשַׁע

### Glosses

we.have.acted.wickedly (6); I.am.guilty (2); I.have.acted.wickedly (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be wicked [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7561/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. be wicked, act wickedly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7561/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. be wicked, act wickedly;— Pf. 1 s. רָשַׁעְתִּי 2 S 22:22 +, רָשָׁ֑עְנוּ 1 K 8:47 +; Impf. 2 ms. תִּרְשַׁע Ec 7:17; 1 s. אֶרְשָׁ֑ע Jb 9:29; 10:7;— be wicked, act wickedly, 1 K 8:47 = 2 Ch 6:37; Dn 9:15; Ec 7:17; + מֵאֱלֹהָי 2 S 22:22 (in departing) from my God = ψ 18:22. be guilty, Jb 9:29; 10:7, 15. Pf. 3 ms. הִרְשִׁיעַ 2 Ch 20:35; 3 mpl. הִרְשִׁיעוּ Dt 25:1; Dn 12:10; 1 pl. הִרְשַׁעְנוּ 9:5, etc.: Impf. 3 ms. יַרְשִׁיעַ Pr 12:2 +; יַרְשִׁעַ Jb 34:29; 3 mpl. יַרְשִׁיעֻן Ex 22:8, etc.; Inf. cstr. הַרְשִׁיעַ 1 K 8:32; 2 Ch 22:3; Pt. מַרְשִׁיעַ Pr 17:15; pl. cstr. מַרְשִׁיעֵי Dn 11:32;— condemn as guilty, in civil relations, c. acc. Ex 22:8 (E) Dt 25:1 ψ 94:21; Jb 34:17; Pr 17:15. condemn as guilty, in ethical and religious relations, c. acc. 1 K 8:32; Jb 9:20; 10:2; 15:6; 32:3; 40:8 ψ 37:33; Pr 12:2; Is 50:9; 54:17, abs. Jb 34:29. act wickedly (late), in ethics and religion: Jb 34:12 (denied of י׳), Ne 9:33; Dn 12:10; 2 Ch 22:3; ‖ חטא ψ 106:6 Dn 9:5; הרשׁיע לעשׂות 2 Ch 20:35; מַרְשִׁיעֵי בְרִית Dn 11:32.—יַרְשִׁיעַ 1 S 14:47 read יִוָּשֵׁעַ 𝔊 Capp We Dr Bu HPS.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָשַׁע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7561/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 106:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.6/)

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חָטָ֥אנוּ עִם־אֲבוֹתֵ֗ינוּ הֶעֱוִ֥ינוּ הִרְשָֽׁעְנוּ׃

*Word for word:* we.have.sinned with ancestors our we.have.done.wrong we.have.acted.wickedly

*JPS 1917:* We have sinned with our fathers, we have done iniquitously, we have dealt wickedly.

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[Job 9:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.29/)

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אָנֹכִ֥י אֶרְשָׁ֑ע לָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל אִיגָֽע׃

*Word for word:* I I.will.be.guilty why? this vanity will.I.labor

*JPS 1917:* I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?

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