2 Chronicles 12:14:22 Chr.12.14.W2TAB
הָרָ֑ע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- haa-RAA
- IPA
- /haːˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the evil
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-RA
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-RA
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA KI LO he-KHIN li-BO li-de-ROSH ET-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The noun hāraʿ {הָרָע | hā-rāʿ} ‘the evil’ specifies the moral action.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-ʿresh–ayin–ayin
“evil, wickedness”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:14
And he did evil because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 12:14, so the Hebrew word הָרָ֑ע (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 2 Chr.12.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.14.W2.S1) and character.