Deuteronomy 17:2:13Deut.17.2.W13TAB
אֶת־הָרַ֛ע
ethara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-RA
- Extended
- EHT-hah-RAH
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.häˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the evil
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
et-ha-RA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA
- clause
ISH o-i-SHA a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-a-VOR be-ri-TO
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE be-kir-be-KHA be-a-KHAD she-a-re-KHA a-sher Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH ISH o-i-SHA a-SHER ya-a-SE et-ha-RA be-ei-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-a-VOR be-ri-TO
Exegesis
The subject ‘a man or a woman’ then appears in a second relative clause asher ya’aseh et-hara {אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הָרַע | ʾă·šer yaʿ·śēʾ ʾet-hā·raʿ} ‘who does the evil’, which is framed by be’einei Yehovah Eloheikha {בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה־אֱלֹהֶיךָ | bə·ʿê·nê yə·hō·wāh-ʾĕ·lō·hê·ḵāʾ} ‘in the eyes of the LORD your God’, shifting judgment to the divine perspective.
Root and etymology
Rootresh-ayin-ayin
“evil, harm”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:2
If there is found among you in one of your gates which the LORD your God gives to you, a man or a woman who does evil in the eyes of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:2:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Deuteronomy 17:2, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הָרַ֛ע (ethara) 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.17.2.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.2.W13.S1) and character.