Numbers 24:13:15Num.24.13.W15TAB
רָעָ֖ה
raa
“evil”
- Transliteration
- ra-A
- Extended
- rah-AA
- IPA
- /raˈʕaː/
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-A
- phraseyour reading level
O ra-A
- clause
im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI
- sentence
im-yi-TEN-li ba-LAK me-LO bei-TO KE-sef ve-za-HAV LO u-KHAL la-a-VOR et-PI Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT to-VA O ra-A mi-li-BI a-SHER-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH o-TO a-da-BER
Exegesis
The infinitive la-ʿăsôt governs the merism ṭōvâh ʾō rāʿâh {טוֹבָה אוֹ רָעָה | ṭō-vâh ʾō rāʿâh} ‘good or evil’.
Root and etymology
r-ʼ-hresh–aleph–he
“to see, perceive”
In context — Numbers 24:13
Even if Balak gave me the full contents of his house, silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond the mouth of the LORD to do good or evil from my own heart; what the LORD says, that I will speak.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:13:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Numbers 24:13, so the Hebrew word רָעָ֖ה (raa) 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.24.13.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.13.W15.S1) and character.