2 Samuel 16:8:182 Sam.16.8.W18TAB
בְּרָ֣עָתֶ֔ךָ
beraatekha
“in your evil”
- Transliteration
- be-ra-a-TE-kha
- Extended
- beh-raa-aa-TEH-khah
- IPA
- /bəraː.ʕaːˈtɛχaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in your evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-ra-a-TE-kha
- clause
ve-hin-NE-kha be-ra-a-TE-kha KI ISH da-MIM a-TA
- sentence
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH KOL de-ME BET-sha-UL a-SHER ma-LAKH-ta ta-KHA-to ta-KHE-taiv va-yit-TEN ye-ho-VAH et-ha-me-lu-KHA be-YAD av-sha-LOM be-NE-kha ve-hin-NE-kha be-ra-a-TE-kha KI ISH da-MIM a-TA
Exegesis
The result clause vehinnekha berra’atekha {וְהִנְּךָ בְּרָעָתֶךָ | wə-hin-nê-kā bə-rā-’ā-te-kā} ‘and now you are in your calamity’ highlights the present state of judgment.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:8
The LORD has repaid you for all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you reigned, and has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And now you stand in your calamity, because you are a bloodstained man.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 16:8, so the Hebrew word בְּרָ֣עָתֶ֔ךָ (beraatekha) 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.16.8.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.8.W18.S1) and character.