Deuteronomy 15:9:12Deut.15.9.W12TAB
וְרָעָ֣ה
veraah
“and look with”
- Transliteration
- ve-ra-AH
- Extended
- veh-raa-AAH
- IPA
- /vəraˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and look with
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ra-AH
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ra-AH ei-ne-KHA
- clause
hi-sha-MER le-KHA pen-yi-he-YEH da-VAR im-le-vav-KHA be-li-YA-al le-MOR kar-VAH she-NAT-ha-SHE-va she-NAT hash-mi-TAH ve-ra-AH ei-ne-KHA be-a-khi-KHA ha-ev-YON ve-LO ti-TEN LO
- sentence
hi-sha-MER le-KHA pen-yi-he-YEH da-VAR im-le-vav-KHA be-li-YA-al le-MOR kar-VAH she-NAT-ha-SHE-va she-NAT hash-mi-TAH ve-ra-AH ei-ne-KHA be-a-khi-KHA ha-ev-YON ve-LO ti-TEN LO ve-ka-RA a-lei-KHA el-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA be-KHA KHET
Exegesis
The idiom ve-raah einekha {וְרָעָה עֵינְךָ | wə-rā·ʿāh ʿêyn·kā} ‘your eye is evil’ conveys grudging intent toward be-achikha haevyon {בְּאָחִיךָ הָאֶבְיוֹן | bə-ʾā·ḥî·ḵā hā·ʾe·ḇyōn} ‘your needy brother.’
Root and etymology
Rootr-ʿ-ʿ
“bad, harmful”
In context — Deuteronomy 15:9
Beware for yourself, lest there be a worthless matter in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release draws near,” and your eye is evil toward your needy brother, and you do not give him anything, and he calls out against you to the LORD , and it becomes sin in you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:9:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 15:9, so the Hebrew word וְרָעָ֣ה (veraah) 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.15.9.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.9.W12.S1) and character.