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

Result
הָ + רַ֖ע
ha + ra
hara

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-a-SOT ha-RA

  3. clause

    va-yo-SI-fu be-NE yis-ra-EL la-a-SOT ha-RA be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH

  4. 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 contextJudges 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.