1 Chronicles 21:15:71 Chr.21.15.W7TAB
רָאָ֤ה
raah
“he saw”
- Transliteration
- ra-AH
- Extended
- raa-AAH
- IPA
- /raːˈʔaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he saw
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ra-AH ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM mal-AKH li-ru-sha-LA-yim le-hash-khi-TAH u-khe-hash-KHIT ra-AH ye-ho-VAH va-yin-NA-khem al-ha-ra-AH va-yo-MER lam-mal-AKH ham-mash-KHIT RAV a-TAH HE-ref ya-DE-kha
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH ha-e-lo-HIM mal-AKH li-ru-sha-LA-yim le-hash-khi-TAH u-khe-hash-KHIT ra-AH ye-ho-VAH va-yin-NA-khem al-ha-ra-AH va-yo-MER lam-mal-AKH ham-mash-KHIT RAV a-TAH HE-ref ya-DE-kha u-mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH o-MED im-GO-ren or-NAN ha-ye-vu-SI
Exegesis
The clause ukəhašḵîṯ {וּכְהַשְׁחִית | ukəhašḵîṯ} ‘and as he was destroying’ sets the circumstantial scene, interrupted by rāʾāh {רָאָה | rāʾāh} ‘he saw,’ where YHWH {יְהוָה | YHWH} is the perceptive subject.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hresh–ayin–heh
“evil, calamity”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:15
And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. But as he was destroying, the LORD saw and relented concerning the calamity , and He said to the destroyer, “Enough ! Now hold back your hand.” Then the angel of the LORD stood at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:15:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 21:15, so the Hebrew word רָאָ֤ה (raah) 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 1 Chr.21.15.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.15.W7.S1) and character.