2 Kings 22:20:112 Kgs.22.20.W11TAB
הָֽרָעָ֔ה
haraa
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-ra-A
- Extended
- haa-rah-AH
- IPA
- /haːraˈʕaː/
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ra-A
- clause
la-KHEN hin-NE o-sif-KHA al-a-vo-TE-kha ve-ne-e-saf-TA el-kiv-ro-TE-kha be-sha-LOM ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha be-KHOL ha-ra-A a-sher-a-NI me-VI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE
- sentence
la-KHEN hin-NE o-sif-KHA al-a-vo-TE-kha ve-ne-e-saf-TA el-kiv-ro-TE-kha be-sha-LOM ve-lo-tir-E-na e-NE-kha be-KHOL ha-ra-A a-sher-a-NI me-VI al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE va-ya-SHI-vu et-ha-ME-lekh da-VAR
Exegesis
The negative clause wəlōtīrʾinnā ʿēnēḵā {וְלֹא־תִרְאֶינָה עֵינֶיךָ | wə-lō-tī-rʾin-nā ʿēnēḵā} indicates the king’s eyes will avoid seeing hārāʿāh {הָרָעָה | hārāʿāh}, “the evil,” introduced by ʾăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} and expressed by the Hifil participle mēvîʾ {מֵבִיא | mēvîʾ}.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hResh–Ayin–He
“evil, calamity”
In context — 2 Kings 22:20
Therefore, behold, I am gathering you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your graves in peace . Your eyes will not see all the evil that I am bringing upon this place. And they conveyed the report to the king.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Kings 22:20, so the Hebrew word הָֽרָעָ֔ה (haraa) 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.22.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.20.W11.S1) and character.