1 Samuel 20:7:111 Sam.20.7.W11TAB
הָרָעָ֖ה
haraa
“the harm”
- Transliteration
- ha-ra-A
- Extended
- haa-rah-AH
- IPA
- /haːraˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the harm
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 | |
| 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
ha-ra-A
- phraseyour reading level
DA ki-khal-TA ha-ra-A
- clause
le-av-DE-kha ve-im-kha-RO ye-khe-RE LO DA ki-khal-TA ha-ra-A me-im-MO
- sentence
im-KO yo-MAR TOV sha-LOM le-av-DE-kha ve-im-kha-RO ye-khe-RE LO DA ki-khal-TA ha-ra-A me-im-MO
Exegesis
The speaker, shaul {שָׁאוּל | šāʼûl}, establishes two parallel protases with the conditional particle im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’, first presenting tōv {טוֹב | tōḇ} ‘good’ and then rāʿāh {רָעָה | rāʿāh} ‘bad’ as evaluative predicates.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ה
“to be bad or harmful”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:7
If he says, “Good ,” then your servant will be safe; but if he is very angry, then know that harm is determined by him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 20:7, so the Hebrew word הָרָעָ֖ה (haraa) 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.20.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.7.W11.S1) and character.