2 Kings 21:6:112 Kgs.21.6.W11TAB
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
la-a-SOT ha-RA
- clause
hir-BA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-ha-ke-IS
- sentence
ve-he-e-VIR et-be-NO ba-ESH ve-o-NEN ve-ni-KHESH ve-a-SA OV ve-yid-e-O-nim hir-BA la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-ha-ke-IS
Exegesis
The Hifil perfect hirbāh {הִרְבָּ֗ה | hir-bāh} ‘he multiplied’ with la‘ăśōṯ {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la-‘ă-śōṯ} ‘to do’ intensifies the proliferation of hā-rā‘ {הָרַ֛ע | hā-rā‘} ‘the evil’.
Root and etymology
Rootr-ʿ
“bad, evil”
In context — 2 Kings 21:6
And he made his son pass through the fire and practiced soothsaying and divination, and he dealt with mediums and spiritists. He greatly increased doing evil in the eyes of the LORD to provoke Him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:6:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 21:6, 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 Kgs.21.6.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.6.W11.S1) and character.