Deuteronomy 13:5:26Deut.13.5.W26TABWLC Deuteronomy 13:6
הָרָע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- hah-RAA
- IPA
- /haːˈraː/
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 |
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Word in context
- word
ha-RA
- sentence
ve-ha-na-VI ha-kho-LEM ha-kha-LOM ha-HU yu-MAT KI di-BER-SA-ra al-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem ha-mo-TZI et-KHEM me-E-retz mits-RA-yim ve-ha-ped-KHA mi-BEIT a-va-DIM le-ha-di-KHA min-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER tsiv-KHA Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-LE-khet BAH u-vi-AR-ta ha-RA mi-ker-BE-kha
Exegesis
The final jussive ū-vi-ʿar-tā {וּבִעַרְתָּ | ū-vi-ʿar-tā} with hā-rāʿ {הָרָע | hā-rāʿ} mandates communal purification from covenant defilement.
Root and etymology
r-ʿresh-ayin
“evil, badness”
In context — Deuteronomy 13:5
And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, for he has spoken rebellion against the LORD your God , who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to draw you away from the way that the LORD your God commanded you to walk in. You shall purge the evil from your midst.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 13:5:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of Deuteronomy 13:5, so the Hebrew word הָרָע (hara) 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 Deut.13.5.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.5.W26.S1) and character.