רָעָה֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 רָעָה֙

   ra-A

   evil or disaster
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא רָעָה֙

   hin-NI me-VI ra-A

   behold, I bringing evil or disaster
3. clause🔊 כֹּֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא רָעָה֙ עַל־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּל־שֹׁמְעָ֖הּ תִּצַּ֥לְנָה אָזְנָֽיו׃

   ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hin-NI me-VI ra-A al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE a-SHER kal-sho-me-A ti-tsal-NA oz-NAIV

   thus said the LORD of hosts God of Israel behold, I bringing evil or disaster upon the place this which everyone hearing it will tingle his ears
4. sentence🔊 וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ שִׁמְע֣וּ דְבַר־יְהוָ֔ה מַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י יְרֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם כֹּֽה־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֤יא רָעָה֙ עַל־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּל־שֹׁמְעָ֖הּ תִּצַּ֥לְנָה אָזְנָֽיו׃

   ve-a-MAR-ta shim-U de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH mal-KHE ye-hu-DA ve-yosh-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-im ko-a-MAR ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL hin-NI me-VI ra-A al-ha-ma-KOM ha-ZE a-SHER kal-sho-me-A ti-tsal-NA oz-NAIV

   and you shall say hear {plural} word of the LORD kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem thus said the LORD of hosts God of Israel behold, I bringing evil or disaster upon the place this which everyone hearing it will tingle his ears

Exegesis

The phrase raʿah al-ham-makom hazeh {רָעָה עַל־הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה | rā-ʿāh ʿal-ham-mā-qōm haz-zeh} frames the imminent judgment, and the relative clause asher kol-shomʿah titstsalnah oznav {אֲשֶׁר כָּל־שֹׁמְעָהּ תִּצַּלְנָה אָזְנָיו | ʾă-šer kol-šom-ʿāh tit-tsal-nāh ʾōz-nāv} describes the visceral effect that everyone’s ears will physically react, conveying communal shock.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ר־ע־עr-ʿ-ʿ

“evil, harm, disaster”

• 🔊 רַעraʿevilGenesis 2:9