וַתָּ֣רַע

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַתָּ֣רַע

   va-ta-RA

   and you did evil
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת

   va-ta-RA la-a-SOT

   and you did evil to do
3. clause🔊 וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ

   va-ta-RA la-a-SOT mi-KOL a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha

   and you did evil to do more than all who were before you
4. sentence🔊 וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ וַתַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ׃

   va-ta-RA la-a-SOT mi-KOL a-SHER-ha-YU le-fa-NE-kha va-TE-lekh va-ta-a-SE-le-kha e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM u-ma-se-KHOT le-hakh-i-SE-ni ve-o-TI hish-la-KH-TA a-kha-RE ga-VE-kha

   and you did evil to do more than all who were before you and you went and you made for yourself gods other and cast images to provoke me to anger and me you have thrown behind your back

Exegesis

The verse begins with vattara {וַתָּ֣רַע | wat-ta-raʿ} ‘and you did evil’, a vav consecutive form introducing a past action with judicial rebuke.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ר־ע־עresh–ayin–ayin

“to do evil”

• 🔊 רַעra‘evilGenesis 2:9