Daniel 9:14:3Dan.9.14.W3TAB
עַל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה
alharaaa
“over the calamity”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-ra-AA
- Extended
- ahl-hah-rah-AAH
- IPA
- /ʕal.haː.raˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the calamity
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-ha-ra-AA
- clause
va-yish-KOD ye-ho-VAH al-ha-ra-AA va-ye-vi-E-ha a-LE-nu
- sentence
va-yish-KOD ye-ho-VAH al-ha-ra-AA va-ye-vi-E-ha a-LE-nu kee-tsa-DEEK ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-nu al-kol-ma-a-SAAV a-SHER a-SA ve-LO sha-MA-nu be-ko-LO
Exegesis
The noun hā-rā-ʿāh {הָרָעָה | hā-rā-ʿāh} ‘the calamity’ is definite, highlighting a particular disaster which is then personalized by the feminine singular suffix in wa-yə-ḇiʾ-ê-hā {וַיְבִיאֶהָ | wa-yə-ḇiʾ-ê-hā} ‘and he brought it,’ connecting agency to the LORD’s purposes.
Root and etymology
Rootr-ʿ-ʿ
“evil, calamity”
In context — Daniel 9:14
Therefore the LORD watched over the calamity and brought it upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in all His works which He has done; yet we did not listen to His voice.
About this coordinate
Daniel 9:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Daniel 9:14, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה (alharaaa) 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 Dan.9.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.9.14.W3.S1) and character.