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

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Result
הָ + רַ֖ע
ha + ra
hara

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-RA

  2. clause

    va-ya-AS akh-AV ben-OM-re ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH

  3. 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 context1 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.