2 Chronicles 20:9:32 Chr.20.9.W3TAB
רָעָ֗ה
raa
“evil or calamity”
- Transliteration
- ra-A
- Extended
- raa-AAH
- IPA
- /rɑːˈʕɑː/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil or calamity
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
- clause
im-ta-VO a-LE-nu ra-A KHE-rev she-FOT ve-DE-ver ve-ra-AV na-am-DA lif-NE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE u-le-fa-NE-kha KI SHIM-kha ba-BA-yit ha-ZE
- sentence
im-ta-VO a-LE-nu ra-A KHE-rev she-FOT ve-DE-ver ve-ra-AV na-am-DA lif-NE ha-BA-yit ha-ZE u-le-fa-NE-kha KI SHIM-kha ba-BA-yit ha-ZE ve-niz-AK E-le-kha mits-tsa-ra-TE-nu ve-tish-MA ve-to-SHI-a
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional im {אִם | ʾim} ‘if’, followed by an asyndetic list of raah {רָעָה | ra·ʿā(h)} ‘calamity’, cherev {חֶרֶב | ḥe·reḇ} ‘sword’, shefot {שְׁפוֹט | še·p̄ōṭ} ‘judgment’, dever {דֶּבֶר | de·ḇer} ‘pestilence’, and raav {רָעָב | ra·ʿāv} ‘famine’, emphasizing cumulative threat.
Root and etymology
Rootra‘a
“harmful”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:9
If calamity, sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine comes upon us, we will stand before this house and before You , for Your name is in this house, and we will cry out to You in our distress , and You will hear and save.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 20:9, so the Hebrew word רָעָ֗ה (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.20.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.9.W3.S1) and character.