2 Samuel 13:16:42 Sam.13.16.W4TAB
הָרָעָ֤ה
haraa
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-ra-A
- Extended
- haa-rah-AAH
- IPA
- /haː.raːˈʕaː/
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
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA
- clause
va-to-MER LO al-o-DOT ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT me-a-KHE-ret a-sher-a-SI-ta im-MI le-shal-KHE-ni
- sentence
va-to-MER LO al-o-DOT ha-ra-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT me-a-KHE-ret a-sher-a-SI-ta im-MI le-shal-KHE-ni ve-LO a-VA lish-mo-A LA
Exegesis
The prohibitive particle al {אַל־ | ʾal} combines with the construct noun odot {אוֹדֹ֞ת | ʾō·dōṯ} “mention” and the noun haraʿah {הָרָעָ֤ה | hā·rā·ʿā(h)} “wrongdoing” to form an emphatic prohibition.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ה
“harm, wrongdoing”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:16
And she said to him, “No, do not speak of this great wrong , for the wrong of sending me away is greater than that which you have done to me.” But he refused to listen to her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 13:16, so the Hebrew word הָרָעָ֤ה (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 Sam.13.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.16.W4.S1) and character.