2 Kings 22:16:62 Kgs.22.16.W6TAB
רָעָ֛ה
raa
“disaster or evil”
- Transliteration
- ra-A
- Extended
- raa-AAH
- IPA
- /raːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- disaster or 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-A
- phraseyour reading level
hin-NE-ni me-VI ra-A
- clause
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni me-VI ra-A el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV
- sentence
KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH hin-NE-ni me-VI ra-A el-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-al-yo-she-VAV ET kal-div-RE ha-SE-fer a-SHER ka-RA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
Mē-vîʾ {מֵבִיא | mē-vîʾ} ‘bringing’ introduces the action, and rā-ʿāh {רָעָה | rā-ʿāh} ‘disaster’ identifies the coming judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–heh
“evil, disaster”
In context — 2 Kings 22:16
Thus says the LORD : “See, I will bring disaster on this place and on its inhabitants, in accordance with all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 22:16, so the Hebrew word רָעָ֛ה (raa) 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.22.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.16.W6.S1) and character.