Judges 13:1:5Judg.13.1.W5TAB
הָרַ֖ע
hara
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- ha-RA
- Extended
- haa-RAH
- IPA
- /haːˈraʕ/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-RA
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-SOT ha-RA
- clause
va-yo-SI-fu be-NE yis-ra-EL la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yo-SI-fu be-NE yis-ra-EL la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH va-yit-te-NEM Ye-ho-VAH be-yad-pe-lish-TIM ar-ba-IM sha-NA
Exegesis
The infinitive construct laʿăśôt {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la-ʿăśôt} marks intentional action toward the particular moral offense hārāʿ {הָרַ֖ע | hārāʿ} “the evil.”
Root and etymology
r-ʿ
“evil, bad”
In context — Judges 13:1
The people of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and He placed them under the hand of the Philistines for forty years .
About this coordinate
Judges 13:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Judges 13:1, so the Hebrew word הָרַ֖ע (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 Judg.13.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.1.W5.S1) and character.