2 Kings 17:11:92 Kgs.17.11.W9TAB
רָעִ֔ים
raim
“evil”
- Transliteration
- ra-IM
- Extended
- raa-EEM
- IPA
- /raːˈʕiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-IM
- phraseyour reading level
de-va-RIM ra-IM
- clause
va-ya-a-SU de-va-RIM ra-IM le-hakh-IS ET-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-ye-kat-TE-ru-SHAM be-KHOL-ba-MOT ka-go-YIM a-SHER-heg-LA Ye-ho-VAH mip-pe-NE-hem va-ya-a-SU de-va-RIM ra-IM le-hakh-IS ET-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A second vav-consecutive clause wayyaʿăśū dvarim rāʿîm {וַיַּעַשׂוּ דְּבָרִים רָעִים | wayyaʿăśū dəbārîm rāʿîm} ‘and they did evil things’ summarizes moral failure, and the infinitive lehakhʿis {לְהַכְעִיס | ləhaqqaʿîs} ‘to anger’ with the direct object marker et YHWH emphasizes deliberate provocation of the divine. This structure underscores covenant infidelity and covenantal consequences.
Root and etymology
“bad, evil, harm”
In context — 2 Kings 17:11
And they burned incense there in all the high places like the nations whom the LORD had exiled from before them, and they did evil things to provoke the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 17:11, so the Hebrew word רָעִ֔ים (raim) 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.17.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.11.W9.S1) and character.