1 Kings 16:30:41 Kgs.16.30.W4TAB
הָרַ֖ע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- haa-RAA
- IPA
- /haːˈraːʕ/
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 akh-AV ben-OM-re ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS akh-AV ben-OM-re ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH mi-KOL a-SHER le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The subject is Achav ben ʿOmrî {אַחְאָ֧ב בֶּן־עָמְרִ֛י | ’Aḥʾāb ben ʿOmrî} ‘Ahab son of Omri’, followed by the direct object hāraʿ {הָרַ֖ע | hāraʿ} ‘the evil’.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־עra‘
“evil, bad”
In context — 1 Kings 16:30
And Ahab, son of Omri, did the evil in the eyes of the LORD more than all who were before him .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:30:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 16:30, 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.16.30.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.30.W4.S1) and character.