Jeremiah 18:8:9Jer.18.8.W9TAB
עַל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה
alharaa
“over the calamity or the evil”
- Transliteration
- al-ha-ra-A
- Extended
- ahl-haa-rah-AH
- IPA
- /ʕalhaːraːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- over the calamity or the evil
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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ha-ra-A
- clause
ve-ni-kham-TI al-ha-ra-A a-SHER kha-shav-TI la-a-SOT LO
- sentence
ve-SHAV ha-GOY ha-HU me-ra-a-TO a-SHER di-bar-TI a-LAV ve-ni-kham-TI al-ha-ra-A a-SHER kha-shav-TI la-a-SOT LO
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–ayin
“evil, harm”
In context — Jeremiah 18:8
And if that nation turns from its evil , which I have spoken concerning it, then I will relent concerning the evil which I intended to do to it.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jeremiah 18:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה (alharaa) 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 Jer.18.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.8.W9.S1) and character.