Judges 20:3:13Judg.20.3.W13TAB

הָרָעָ֥ה

haraa

“the evil”

Transliteration: ha-ra-A
Extended: haa-rah-AH
IPA: /haː.raˈʕaː/

Meaning by language

English: the evil

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Result

הָ + רָ + עָ֥ה

↓

ha + ra + a

↓

haraa

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
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

word
ha-ra-A
phraseyour reading level
ha-ra-A haz-ZOT
clause
va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL dab-be-RU e-KHA nih-ye-TA ha-ra-A haz-ZOT
sentence
va-yish-me-U be-NE bin-ya-MIN ki-a-LU ve-NE-yis-ra-EL ham-mits-PA va-yo-me-RU be-NE yis-ra-EL dab-be-RU e-KHA nih-ye-TA ha-ra-A haz-ZOT

Exegesis

Finally, the noun phrase hā-ra-‘āh ha-zōt {הָרָעָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת | hā-ra-‘āh ha-zōt} ‘this evil’ specifies the object of questioning. This sequence underscores the communal urgency for an explanation at a critical narrative junction.

Root and etymology

resh–ayin–ayinresh–ayin–ayin

“evil, harm”

In context — Judges 20:3

And the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah . Then the sons of Israel said, “Speak! How did this evil take place?”

About this coordinate

Judges 20:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Judges 20:3, so the Hebrew word הָרָעָ֥ה (haraa) 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.20.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.3.W13.S1) and character.

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