1 Kings 17:20:111 Kgs.17.20.W11TAB
הֲרֵע֖וֹתָ
hareota
“have you done harm”
- Transliteration
- ha-re-O-ta
- Extended
- hah-reh-OH-tah
- IPA
- /hăreːˈʕoːtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have you done harm
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ha-re-O-ta
- clause
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI ha-GAM al-ha-al-ma-NA a-sher-a-NI mit-go-RE-r im-MA ha-re-O-ta le-ha-MIT et-be-NA
Exegesis
The Hifil perfect harēʿōṯā {הֲרֵע֖וֹתָ | harēʿōṯā} plus the infinitive construct ləhammit {לְהָמִ֥ית | ləhammit} expresses a causative result.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ʿayin–he
“harm, evil”
In context — 1 Kings 17:20
And he called to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God , is it also on the widow with whom I am sojourning, that You have brought harm by causing her son to die?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Kings 17:20, so the Hebrew word הֲרֵע֖וֹתָ (hareota) 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.17.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.20.W11.S1) and character.