1 Samuel 18:10:61 Sam.18.10.W6TAB
רָעָ֤ה
raa
“evil or harmful”
- Transliteration
- ra-A
- Extended
- raa-AAH
- IPA
- /raːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil or harmful
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-A
- phraseyour reading level
va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL
- clause
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kha-RAT va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit ve-da-VID me-na-GEN be-ya-DO ke-YOM be-YOM
- sentence
va-ye-HI mi-ma-kha-RAT va-tits-LAKH RU-akh e-lo-HIM ra-A el-sha-UL va-yit-na-BE be-TOKH-ha-BA-yit ve-da-VID me-na-GEN be-ya-DO ke-YOM be-YOM ve-ha-kha-NIT be-yad-sha-UL
Exegesis
The verb va-teṣlaḥ {וַתִּצְלַח | wa-tṣə-laḥ} ‘and it rushed’ introduces ruʾaḥ rāʿâ {רוּחַ רָעָה | rū-aḥ rā-ʿāh} ‘evil spirit,’ where the construct chain ruʾaḥ ’ĕlōhîm rāʿâ links divine agency to the troubling force.
Root and etymology
resh–aleph–he
“to see, perceive”
In context — 1 Samuel 18:10
And it happened on the next day that an evil spirit of God rushed upon Saul, and he prophesied within the house, while David was playing by his hand as day by day; and the spear was in Saul’s hand.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 18:10, so the Hebrew word רָעָ֤ה (raa) 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 Sam.18.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.10.W6.S1) and character.