2 Samuel 20:6:52 Sam.20.6.W5TAB
יֵ֧רַֽע
yera
“he will do harm”
- Transliteration
- ye-RA
- Extended
- yeh-RAH
- IPA
- /jeːˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will do harm
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ye-RA la-NU
- clause
va-yo-MER da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI a-TA ye-RA la-NU SHE-va ben-bik-RI min-av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yo-MER da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI a-TA ye-RA la-NU SHE-va ben-bik-RI min-av-sha-LOM a-TA KAKH et-av-DE a-do-NE-kha u-re-DOF a-kha-RAIV pen-ma-TSA LO a-RIM be-tsu-ROT ve-hi-TSIL e-NE-nu
Exegesis
The direct speech begins with the imperfect verb yera {יֵ֧רַֽע | yērāʿ} ‘he will do harm’ in a comparative clause introduced by min-Avšālôm {מִן־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם | min-ʾăvšālôm} ‘than Absalom’.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־ה
“to do harm”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:6
And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bikhri will do us more harm than did Absalom. Take your master’s servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities and escape our notice.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 20:6, so the Hebrew word יֵ֧רַֽע (yera) 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.20.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.6.W5.S1) and character.