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

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Result
הָ + רָ + עָ֖ה
ha + ra + a
haraa

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ra-A

  2. phraseyour reading level

    DA ki-khal-TA ha-ra-A

  3. clause

    le-av-DE-kha ve-im-kha-RO ye-khe-RE LO DA ki-khal-TA ha-ra-A me-im-MO

  4. 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 context1 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.