Numbers 14:35:8Num.14.35.W8TAB

הָֽרָעָה֙

haraa

“the wicked”

Transliteration: ha-ra-A
Extended: hah-ra-AA
IPA: /ləxol.ha.ʕeˈdaː/

Meaning by language

English: the wicked

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

הָֽ + רָ + עָה֙

↓

ha + ra + a

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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
le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A
clause
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI
sentence
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH di-bar-TI IM-LO ZOT e-e-SEH le-KHOL-ha-e-DA ha-ra-A ha-ZOT ha-no-a-DIM a-LAI ba-mid-BAR ha-ZEH yi-ta-MU ve-SHAM ya-MU-tu

Exegesis

The imperfect verb eʿśēh {אֶעֱשֶׂה | ʾeʿśēh} ‘I will do’ introduces the main consequence clause, which is articulated through the construct chain le-chol ha-edah ha-raah ha-zot {לְכָל־הָעֵדָה הָרָעָה הַזֹּאת | lə-ḵōl hāʿēdâ hārāʿâ haz-zôt} ‘to all this evil congregation’.

Root and etymology

r-ʿ-ʿresh-ayin-ayin

“evil, wickedness”

In context — Numbers 14:35

I, the LORD , have spoken: surely this is what I will do to all this evil congregation that has banded together against Me; in this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die.

About this coordinate

Numbers 14:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:35, so the Hebrew word הָֽרָעָה֙ (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 Num.14.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.35.W8.S1) and character.

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