1 Kings 16:19:61 Kgs.16.19.W6TAB
הָרַ֖ע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- haa-RAA
- IPA
- /hɔːˈraʕ/
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
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-SOT ha-RA
- clause
al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV a-SHER kha-TA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
al-kha-ta-TO kha-to-ta-VAV a-SHER kha-TA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH la-le-KHET be-DE-rekh ya-ra-VA-am u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER a-SA le-ha-kha-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces the Qal perfect verb chata {חָטָ֔א | ḥā-ṭāʾ} ‘he sinned’, followed by the infinitive la’asot hara {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע | la-ʿă-sōṯ hā-rāʿ} ‘to do the evil’ together with the phrase be’einei YHWH {בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | bᵉ-ʿê-nē Yᵉ-hō-wāh} ‘in the eyes of the LORD’, forming a verbal-nominal construction that highlights disapproved action under divine scrutiny.
Root and etymology
r-ʿresh–ayin
“bad, evil”
In context — 1 Kings 16:19
Because of his sins which he sinned by doing evil in the eyes of the LORD , in walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he did to cause Israel to sin.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 16:19, 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.16.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.19.W6.S1) and character.