Numbers 14:37:5Num.14.37.W5TAB
רָעָ֑ה
raah
“evil”
- Transliteration
- ra-AH
- Extended
- raa-AAH
- 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-AH
- clause
va-ya-MU-tu ha-a-na-SHIM mo-tzi-EI di-BAT-ha-A-retz ra-AH
- sentence
va-ya-MU-tu ha-a-na-SHIM mo-tzi-EI di-BAT-ha-A-retz ra-AH ba-ma-ge-FAH lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The participial clause mōṣēʾê dibbat-hā’āreṣ rā‘āh {מוֹצִאֵי דִבַּת־הָאָ֖רֶץ רָעָה | mōṣēʾê dibbat-hā’āreṣ rā‘āh} functions as a descriptive relative clause, with the construct chain of dibbat {דִבַּת | dibbat} ‘report’ and hā’āreṣ {הָאָ֖רֶץ | hā’āreṣ} ‘land’, modified by rā‘āh {רָעָה | rā‘āh} ‘evil’, specifying the content of their accusation.
Root and etymology
Rootresh-ayin
“bad, evil”
In context — Numbers 14:37
And the men who brought out an evil report of the land died by the plague before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:37:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:37, so the Hebrew word רָעָ֑ה (raah) 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.14.37.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.37.W5.S1) and character.