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title: רֶשַׁע — wickedness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶשַׁע (7562), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: wickedness. BDB 1906: n.m. wickedness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶשַׁע

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«רֶשַׁע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wickedness** — 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:** 30 times · **Key:** 7562 · **BDB:** רֶ֫שַׁע

### Glosses

wickedness (20); of.wickedness (9); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wickedness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7562/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. wickedness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7562/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 24:14 wickedness;—abs. ר׳ Mi 6:10 +, רָ֑שַׁע Ec 3:16; cstr. (perhaps) רֶ֫שַׁע 7:25; sf. רִשְׁעוֹ Dt 9:27 +, etc.;— wickedness, as violence and crime against civil law Ec 3:16(×2); אֶגְרֹף ר׳ Is 58:4 fist of wickedness; חַרְצֻבּוֹת ר׳ v 6; לֶחֶם ר׳ Pr 4:17; מַטֵּה ר׳ Ez 7:11; מֹאזְנֵי ר׳ Mi 6:11; אֹצְרוֹת ר׳ v 10, cf. Pr 10:2; בְּרֶשַׁע ψ 141:4; Pr 12:3; עשׂות ר׳ 16:12; מִרְשָׁעִים יֵצֵא ר׳ 1 S 24:14 (proverb). wickedness of enemies: of Egypt Ez 31:11 (dub. Co; gloss Toy); שֵׁבֶט הר׳ ψ 125:3 (𝔊 SS רָשָׁע). wickedness, in ethical relations: ‖ חטאת Dt 9:27 (D2); ‖ עון Je 14:20; ‖ עולה Ho 10:13; opp. צֶדֶק ψ 45:8, אֱמֶת Pr 8:7; v. also ψ 5:5; 10:15; Jb 34:10; 35:8; Ec 7:25; 8:8; אַנְשֵׁי ר׳ Jb 34:8; אָהֳלֵי ר׳ ψ 84:11; שׁוּב מֵרִשְׁעוֹ Ez 3:19; 33:12 (v. רִשְׁעָה 3).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 1 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 «רֶשַׁע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7562/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 4:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.17/)

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כִּ֣י לָ֭חֲמוּ לֶ֣חֶם רֶ֑שַׁע וְיֵ֖ין חֲמָסִ֣ים יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.eat \[the\].bread of.wickedness and.\[the\] wine of.violence(s) they.drink

*JPS 1917:* For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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[Proverbs 10:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.2/)

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לֹא־י֭וֹעִילוּ אוֹצְר֣וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל מִמָּֽוֶת׃

*Word for word:* not they.profit treasures of.wickedness and righteousness it.delivers from death

*JPS 1917:* Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

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