Nehemiah 13:7:4Neh.13.7.W4TAB
בָרָעָ֗ה
varaa
“the evil”
- Transliteration
- va-ra-A
- Extended
- vaa-rah-AA
- IPA
- /vaː.raˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
va-ra-A
- phraseyour reading level
va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A
- clause
va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-a-VO li-ru-sha-LA-im va-a-vi-NA va-ra-A a-SHER a-SA el-ya-SHIV le-to-vi-YA la-a-SOT LO nish-ke-KA be-kha-tsre BET ha-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bā-rā‘āh {בָרָעָה | bā-rā‘āh} ‘concerning the evil’ functions as the object of understanding, with ’ăšer {אֲשֶׁר | ’ăšer} ‘that’ launching the relative clause specifying ’ĕl-yāšîḇ’s {אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ | ’ĕl-yāšîḇ} action on behalf of Tôbîyāh {לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה | lə-ṭōḇîyāh}.
Root and etymology
b–r–‘
“evil; wrongdoing”
In context — Nehemiah 13:7
And I came to Jerusalem, and I learned of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah to make for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Nehemiah 13:7, so the Hebrew word בָרָעָ֗ה (varaa) 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.13.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.7.W4.S1) and character.