2 Chronicles 21:6:152 Chr.21.6.W15TAB
הָרַ֖ע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- haa-RA
- IPA
- /haːˈraʕ/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-RA
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AS ha-RA
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-YE-lekh be-DE-rekh mal-KHE yis-ra-EL ka-a-SHER a-SU BET a-khAV KI bat-a-khAV ha-ye-TA LO i-SHA va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The final verb wayya’as hara‘ be‘enei YHWH {וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה | way-ya’-āš hā-rā‘ bə-‘ē-nê Yə-hō-wāh} employs the idiom be‘enei {בְּעֵינֵ֥י | bə-‘ē-nê} ‘in the eyes of’, a Hebrew expression for divine evaluation. The structure uses causative linkage and repetition to highlight the connection between personal alliance and moral failure.
Root and etymology
r-‘-
“bad, evil, harmful”
In context — 2 Chronicles 21:6
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife, and he did evil in the eyes of the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 21:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 21:6, so the Hebrew word הָרַ֖ע (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.21.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.6.W15.S1) and character.