Jeremiah 23:22:8Jer.23.22.W8TAB
הָרָ֔ע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- haa-RAA
- IPA
- /haːˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-RA
- phraseyour reading level
mi-dar-KAM ha-RA
- clause
ve-yash-mi-U de-va-RAI et-a-MI vi-yi-shi-VUM mi-dar-KAM ha-RA u-me-RO-a ma-al-le-HEM
- sentence
ve-im-a-ME-du be-so-DI ve-yash-mi-U de-va-RAI et-a-MI vi-yi-shi-VUM mi-dar-KAM ha-RA u-me-RO-a ma-al-le-HEM
Exegesis
The consecutive Hiphil veyashivum {וִישִׁיב֙וּם | wî-ya-šî-vum} introduces the result clause, paralleled by the prepositional phrases midarkam hara {מִדַּרְכָּ֣ם הָרָע | mi-dar-kām hā-rā} “from their evil course” and umero maalleihem {וּמֵרֹעַ מַעַלְלֵיהֶֽם | û-mê-rō-aʿ ma-ʿal-lê-hem} “and from the wickedness of their deeds,” highlighting the causal link between divine instruction and moral reorientation.
Root and etymology
r-ʿresh–ayin
“friend”
In context — Jeremiah 23:22
But if they had stood within my council and had urged my people to heed my words, then they would have drawn them away from their evil course and from the wickedness of their deeds.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 23:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 23:22, so the Hebrew word הָרָ֔ע (hara) 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.23.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.23.22.W8.S1) and character.