2 Kings 13:11:22 Kgs.13.11.W2TAB
הָרַ֖ע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- hah-RAH
- IPA
- /haˈraʕ/
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-ee-NEE ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-ee-NEE ye-ho-VAH LO SAR mi-KOL-kha-TOH-ot ya-ra-VAAM ben-ne-VAT a-sher-he-khe-TEE et-yis-ra-EL BAH ha-LAKH
Exegesis
The object hara {הָרַ֖ע | hārāʿ} ‘the evil’ is definite, portraying the wrongdoing as a known category rather than an isolated mistake.
Root and etymology
consonantsResh–Ayin–Ayin
“bad, harmful”
In context — 2 Kings 13:11
He did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD ; he did not turn aside from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin ; he walked in it.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 13:11, 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 Kgs.13.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.11.W2.S1) and character.