Deuteronomy 15:21:9Deut.15.21.W9TAB
רָ֑ע
ra
“serious”
- Transliteration
- RA
- Extended
- RAA
- IPA
- /ˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- serious
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
RA
- phraseyour reading level
MUM RA
- clause
ve-KHI-ye-hyeh BO MUM pis-SE-akh O i-VER KOL MUM RA
- sentence
ve-KHI-ye-hyeh BO MUM pis-SE-akh O i-VER KOL MUM RA LO tiz-ba-KHE-nu la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
A triad of disqualifying conditions follows: pisseach {פִּסֵּ֙חַ֙ | pis·sêaḥ} ‘lame’, linked by o {אוֹ | ’ō} ‘or’ to ivver {עִوֵּ֔ר | ’î·wêr} ‘blind’, and then kol mum ra {כֹּ֖ל מ֣וּם רָ֑ע | kōl mūm rā‘} ‘any bad defect’, creating a cumulative effect.
Root and etymology
Rootr-ʿ-ʿ
“bad, harmful”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:21
But if there is in it a defect —lame or blind or any bad defect—you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 15:21, so the Hebrew word רָ֑ע (ra) 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.15.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.21.W9.S1) and character.