Jeremiah 21:12:20Jer.21.12.W20TAB
רֹ֥עַ
roa
“evil”
- Transliteration
- RO-a
- Extended
- ROH-ah
- IPA
- /ˈroːaʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RO-a
- phraseyour reading level
RO-a ma-a-le-HEM ma-al-le-KHEM
- clause
pen-TE-tse ka-ESH kha-ma-TI u-va-a-RA ve-EN me-kha-BE mi-pe-NE RO-a ma-a-le-HEM ma-al-le-KHEM
- sentence
BET da-VID KO a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH di-NU la-BO-ker mish-PAT ve-ha-TSI-lu ga-ZUL mi-YAD o-SHEK pen-TE-tse ka-ESH kha-ma-TI u-va-a-RA ve-EN me-kha-BE mi-pe-NE RO-a ma-a-le-HEM ma-al-le-KHEM
Exegesis
Finally, the causal mipnei roa maalleichem {מִפְּנֵ֖י רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶֽם | mip-pə-nê rô-ʿa ma-ʿal-lê-ḵem} links this response to the evil deeds, illustrating moral causality.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–bet
“famine”
In context — Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, thus says the LORD : Execute justice in the morning , and deliver the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor, so that my wrath does not go out like fire and burn with none to quench it because of the evil of your deeds.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:12:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Jeremiah 21:12, so the Hebrew word רֹ֥עַ (roa) 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.21.12.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.12.W20.S1) and character.