Proverbs 17:13:2Prov.17.13.W2TAB
רָ֭עָה
raa
“evil”
- Transliteration
- ra-A
- Extended
- raa-AH
- 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-A
- clause
me-SHIV ra-A TA-khat to-VA
- sentence
me-SHIV ra-A TA-khat to-VA lo-ta-MISH ta-MUSH ra-A mi-BE-to
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase tachat tovah {תַּחַת טוֹבָה | ṯa-ḥaṯ ṯō-ḇāh} ‘instead of good’ establishes an antithesis with ra'ah {רָעָה | rā-‛āh} ‘evil’.
The repetition of ra'ah {רָעָה | rā-‛āh} intensifies the consequence, and the locative mibbeito {מִבֵּיתוֹ | mi-bêy-ṯō} ‘from his house’ functions as a metonym for one’s familial domain. In translation, the participial nuance is reflected by “Whoever returns,” and the antithetical contrast is preserved through “instead of,” maintaining the Hebrew’s cause-effect relationship.
Root and etymology
ר־ע־הr ‛ h
“bad, evil”
In context — Proverbs 17:13
Whoever returns evil instead of good, evil will not depart from his house.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 17:13, so the Hebrew word רָ֭עָה (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 Prov.17.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.13.W2.S1) and character.