1 Kings 16:25:61 Kgs.16.25.W6TAB
וַיָּ֕רַע
vayara
“and he acted evil”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-RA
- Extended
- vah-yah-RAA
- IPA
- /vaj.jaːˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he acted evil
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
va-ya-RA
- clause
va-ya-RA mi-KOL a-SHER le-fa-NAIV
- sentence
va-ya-A-SE om-re-I ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH va-ya-RA mi-KOL a-SHER le-fa-NAIV
Exegesis
The second clause resumes with wayyāra‘ {וַיָּרַע | way-yā-rə‘} and uses the comparative mi-kol ’ă-šer lə-pānāw {מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר לְפָנָיו | mi-kol ’ă-šer lə-pā-nāw} ‘more than all who were before him’ to intensify the wickedness. The English rendering preserves the coordinated structure and comparative emphasis of the Hebrew narrative.
Root and etymology
consonants
“bad, evil”
In context — 1 Kings 16:25
And Omri did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and he acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 16:25, so the Hebrew word וַיָּ֕רַע (vayara) 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.16.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.25.W6.S1) and character.