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title: רִשְׁעָה — wickedness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רִשְׁעָה (7564), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: wickedness. BDB 1906: n.f. wickedness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רִשְׁעָה

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«רִשְׁעָה» 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 7564 · **BDB:** רִשְׁעָה

### Glosses

wickedness (7); the.wickedness (4); (of).wickedness (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wickedness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7564/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wickedness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7564/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wickedness;—abs. ר׳ Is 9:17 +; cstr. רִשְׁעַת Dt 9:4 +; sf. רִשְׁעָתוֹ Dt 25:2 +;— wickedness in civil relations, Dt 25:2; Pr 13:6; Is 9:17; בְּרִשְׁעָתוֹ יפּל רָשָׁע Pr 11:5. wickedness of enemies, גְּבוּל ר׳ Mal 1:4 (Edom); זאת הר׳ Zc 5:8 (personif.); לְרִשְׁעָה Ez 5:6 (del. Co); רִשְׁעַת הגוים Dt 9:4, 5. wickedness, ethical and religious, עשׂה ר׳ Mal 3:15, 19, שׁוּב מֵרִשְׁעָתוֹ Ez 18:27; 33:19; רִשְׁעַת (הָ)רָשָׁע 18:20; 33:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רִשְׁעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7564/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.6/)

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צְ֭דָקָה תִּצֹּ֣ר תָּם־דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה תְּסַלֵּ֥ף חַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* righteousness it.preserves integrity of.way and wickedness it.subverts sin

*JPS 1917:* Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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[Proverbs 11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.5/)

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צִדְקַ֣ת תָּ֭מִים תְּיַשֵּׁ֣ר דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּ֝בְרִשְׁעָת֗וֹ יִפֹּ֥ל רָשָֽׁע׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].righteousness of.a.blameless.\[person\] it.makes.straight way his and by wickedness his he.falls a.wicked.\[person\]

*JPS 1917:* The righteousness of the sincere shall make straight his way; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

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