Job 20:26:7Job.20.26.W7TAB
יֵ֖רַע
yera
“it will do evil or it will harm”
- Transliteration
- ye-RA
- Extended
- yeh-RAH
- IPA
- /jeːˈrɑʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- it will do evil or it will harm
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-RA
- clause
ye-RA sa-RID be-o-ho-LO
- sentence
KOL-KHO-shekh ta-MUN lits-pe-u-NA-v te-okh-le-HU ESH LO-nup-PA-akh ye-RA sa-RID be-o-ho-LO
Exegesis
The final clause yera {יֵ֖רַע | yēraʿ} ‘it will go badly’ shifts from imagery (“consume”) to outcome (“harm/ill”), and the subject remains the disaster just described; its effect reaches even the sarid {שָׂרִ֣יד | śārîḏ} ‘survivor’ within beaholo {בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ | bəʾāhŏlô} ‘his tent,’ extending judgment from the man to what remains of his household.
Root and etymology
consonantsresh–ayin–ayin
“to be bad, to do harm”
In context — Job 20:26
All darkness is hidden away for his treasures; fire not fanned will consume him; it will go ill for any survivor in his tent.
About this coordinate
Job 20:26:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 20:26, so the Hebrew word יֵ֖רַע (yera) 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 Job.20.26.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.26.W7.S1) and character.