2 Samuel 15:14:192 Sam.15.14.W19TAB
אֶת־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה
etharaa
“{direct object} the evil”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-ra-A
- Extended
- eht-haa-raa-AA
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.haːraːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- {direct object} the evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| 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
et-ha-ra-A
- clause
ma-ha-RU la-LE-khet pen-ye-ma-HER ve-his-si-GA-nu ve-hid-DI-akh a-LEI-nu et-ha-ra-A ve-hik-KA ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID le-KHAL-a-va-DAV a-SHER-it-TO vi-ru-sha-LA-yim KU-mu ve-niv-ra-KHA KI LO-ti-he-YE-la-NU pe-lei-TA mip-pe-NEI av-sha-LOM ma-ha-RU la-LE-khet pen-ye-ma-HER ve-his-si-GA-nu ve-hid-DI-akh a-LEI-nu et-ha-ra-A ve-hik-KA ha-IR le-fi-KHA-rev
Exegesis
The Hifil vehidi’ach {וְהִדִּיחַ | wə-hid-dî-aḥ} ‘bring upon us’ with et-hara’ah {אֶת־הָרָעָה | ’et-hā-rā-‘āh} ‘the disaster’ denotes causation, and the Hifil vehikah {וְהִכָּה | wə-hiq-qā} ‘strike’ with the construct lefi-charev {לְפִי־חָרֶב | lə-p̄î-ḥā-reḇ} employs an idiom “edge of the sword.” The English translation maintains the Hebrew’s sequential and syntactic flow by aligning imperatives, cohortative, and causative forms, preserving the cautionary tone and vivid imagery of impending calamity.
Root and etymology
r-‘-‘resh–ayin–ayin
“to be evil; harm”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:14
And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, for there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Hurry to depart, lest he hasten and overtake us and bring upon us the disaster and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:14:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Samuel 15:14, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה (etharaa) 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.15.14.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.14.W19.S1) and character.