2 Chronicles 18:22:132 Chr.18.22.W13TAB
רָעָֽה׃
raa
“evil or disaster”
- Transliteration
- ra-A
- Extended
- raa-AA
- IPA
- /raːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil or disaster
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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Word in context
- word
ra-A
- clause
va-ye-ho-VAH di-BER a-LE-kha ra-A
- sentence
ve-a-TA hi-NE na-TAN ye-ho-VAH RU-akh SHE-ker be-FI ne-vi-e-KHA E-le va-ye-ho-VAH di-BER a-LE-kha ra-A
Exegesis
The final predicate raah {רָעָה | ra‘â} ‘disaster’ communicates not moral evil but impending calamity as the sentence, so the English rendering keeps the legal force (“spoken/declared”) while clarifying the outcome as judgment.
Root and etymology
consonantsresh–ayin–heh
“harm, calamity”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:22
And now, behold, the LORD has put a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of these your prophets, and the LORD has spoken disaster against you.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:22:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 18:22, so the Hebrew word רָעָֽה׃ (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 2 Chr.18.22.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.22.W13.S1) and character.