Proverbs 16:6:8Prov.16.6.W8TAB
מֵרָֽע׃
mera
“from evil”
- Transliteration
- me-RA
- Extended
- meh-RAA
- IPA
- /meːˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-RA
- phraseyour reading level
SUR me-RA
- clause
u-ve-yir-AT Ye-ho-VAH SUR me-RA
- sentence
be-KHE-sed ve-e-MET ye-khu-PAR A-von u-ve-yir-AT Ye-ho-VAH SUR me-RA
Exegesis
The subsequent clause starts with uveyirat YHWH {וּבְיִרְאַת יְהוָה | u-və-yi-rat Yə-hō-wāh} ‘and by the fear of the LORD’, marking reverential motivation, followed by the infinitive sur {סוּר | sûr} ‘turning aside’ with the prepositional phrase mera {מֵרָע | mē-rāʿ} ‘from evil’, indicating habitual moral direction. The paratactic linkage is reflected in English by a semicolon dividing the resultant clauses.
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ayin–heh
“badness”
In context — Proverbs 16:6
Through mercy and truth, iniquity is atoned for; and through the fear of the LORD , one turns away from evil .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Proverbs 16:6, so the Hebrew word מֵרָֽע׃ (mera) 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.16.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.6.W8.S1) and character.