Nehemiah 13:17:8Neh.13.17.W8TAB

הָרָ֤ע

hara

the evil

Transliteration
ha-RA
Extended
haa-RAA
IPA
/haːˈraːʕ/

Meaning by language

English
the evil

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Result
הָ + רָ֤ע
ha + ra
hara

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ma-ha-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZE

  3. clause

    va-om-RA la-HEM ma-ha-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZE a-SHER a-TEM o-SIM u-me-khal-le-LIM et-YOM ha-sha-BAT

  4. sentence

    va-a-ri-VA ET kho-RE ye-hu-DA va-om-RA la-HEM ma-ha-da-VAR ha-RA ha-ZE a-SHER a-TEM o-SIM u-me-khal-le-LIM et-YOM ha-sha-BAT

Exegesis

The interrogative mah-hadavar {מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֨ר | mā(h)-haḏ·dā·ḇār} ‘what the thing’, combined with the adjective hara {הָרָ֤ע | hā·rāʿ} ‘evil’ and demonstrative hazeh {הַזֶּה | ha·zzeh} ‘this’, intensifies the question’s force, while the relative asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă·šer} ‘that’ links to the participle osim {עֹשִׂ֔ים | ʿō·šîm} ‘are doing’.

Root and etymology

Rootresh–ayin–ayin

bad, evil

In contextNehemiah 13:17

And I contended with the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing in profaning the Sabbath day?”

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Nehemiah 13:17, so the Hebrew word הָרָ֤ע (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 Neh.13.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.17.W8.S1) and character.