2 Chronicles 22:4:22 Chr.22.4.W2TAB
הָרַ֛ע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- haa-RAH
- 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 ke-VEIT a-kh-AV
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ke-VEIT a-kh-AV ki-HE-ma ha-YU-lo yo-a-tsim a-kha-RE MOT a-VIV le-mash-KHIT LO
Exegesis
The verb takes ha-rā‘ {הָרַ֛ע | hā-rā‘} “the evil” as its direct object with the idiomatic phrase be-‘eynei YHWH {בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה | bə-‘êy-nê Yə-hō-wāh} “in the eyes of the LORD” expressing divine evaluation.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ע
“evil, bad”
In context — 2 Chronicles 22:4
And he did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , just as the house of Ahab did, because after his father’s death they became his counselors, bringing him to his ruin .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 22:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 22:4, so the Hebrew word הָרַ֛ע (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.22.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.22.4.W2.S1) and character.