Judges 20:13:9Judg.20.13.W9TAB
רָעָ֖ה
raa
“evil”
- Transliteration
- ra-A
- Extended
- raa-AH
- IPA
- /raːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ra-A
- phraseyour reading level
u-ne-va-a-RA ra-A
- clause
ve-a-TA te-NU et-ha-a-na-SHIM be-NE-vli-YA-al a-SHER bag-giv-A u-ne-mi-TEM u-ne-va-a-RA ra-A mi-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ve-a-TA te-NU et-ha-a-na-SHIM be-NE-vli-YA-al a-SHER bag-giv-A u-ne-mi-TEM u-ne-va-a-RA ra-A mi-yis-ra-EL ve-LO a-VU ve-NE bin-ya-MIN lish-mo-A be-KOL a-khe-HEM be-NE-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The noun rāʿâ {רָעָה | rāʿâ} ‘evil’ names the offense and the prepositional phrase mî-yisrāʾēl {מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | mî-yisrāʾēl} ‘from Israel’ indicates its scope.
Root and etymology
Rootr ʿ ʿ
“evil, badness”
In context — Judges 20:13
And now, give the men, sons of worthlessness, who are in Gibeah, so that we may put them to death and purge evil from Israel. But the sons of Benjamin were not willing to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 20:13, so the Hebrew word רָעָ֖ה (raa) 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.20.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.13.W9.S1) and character.