Proverbs 12:21:6Prov.12.21.W6TAB
רָֽע׃
ra
“evil or trouble”
- Transliteration
- RA
- Extended
- RAA
- IPA
- /ˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil or trouble
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
RA
- phraseyour reading level
mal-E-u RA
- clause
u-re-sha-IM mal-E-u RA
- sentence
LO-ye-u-NE la-tsa-DIK KAL-A-ven u-re-sha-IM mal-E-u RA
Exegesis
The Qal perfect verb maleu {מָלְאוּ | māl’û} “they are filled” asserts a completed result, and the final noun ra {רָע | rā‘} “trouble” completes the second clause. This antithetical parallelism underscores the moral contrast between preservation for the righteous and calamity for the wicked.
Root and etymology
r-‘resh–ayin
“evil, bad”
In context — Proverbs 12:21
No evil will befall the righteous, but the wicked will be filled with trouble .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 12:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 12:21, so the Hebrew word רָֽע׃ (ra) 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 Prov.12.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.12.21.W6.S1) and character.