1 Kings 14:22:31 Kgs.14.22.W3TAB
הָרַ֖ע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- haa-RA
- IPA
- /haːˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-RA
- clause
va-ya-AS ye-hu-DA ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ye-hu-DA ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ye-ka-NE-u O-to mi-KOL a-SHER A-su a-vo-TAM be-kha-to-TAM a-SHER kha-TA-u
Exegesis
The definite noun hāraʿ {הָרַע | hā rāʿ} marks categorical moral failure.
Root and etymology
r–ʿResh–Ayin
“evil, harmful”
In context — 1 Kings 14:22
And Judah did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and they provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, by their sins with which they sinned .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 14:22, so the Hebrew word הָרַ֖ע (hara) 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 Kgs.14.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.22.W3.S1) and character.