2 Kings 21:15:42 Kgs.21.15.W4TAB
אֶת־הָרַע֙
ethara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-RA
- Extended
- eht-hah-RAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the evil
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
et-ha-RA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA
- clause
YA-an a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA be-e-NAI va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM o-TI
- sentence
YA-an a-SHER a-SU et-ha-RA be-e-NAI va-yih-YU makh-e-si-SIM o-TI min-ha-YOM a-SHER ya-TSE-u a-vo-TAM mim-mits-ra-YIM ve-AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The relative pronoun asher¹ {אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ăšer} introduces the clause with the perfect verb asu {עָשׂ֤וּ | ʿāśû} ‘they did’, where the direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks hara {הָרַע֙ | hāraʿ} ‘evil’.
Root and etymology
resh–ayin–ayinresh–ayin–ayin
“evil”
In context — 2 Kings 21:15
Because they have done the evil in My eyes, and they have been provoking Me from the day their fathers went out from Egypt until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 21:15, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָרַע֙ (ethara) 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.21.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.15.W4.S1) and character.