Proverbs 17:20:7Prov.17.20.W7TAB
בְּרָעָֽה׃
beraa
“into calamity or evil”
- Transliteration
- be-RA-a
- Extended
- beh-RAA-ah
- IPA
- /bəraːˈʕaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- into calamity or evil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
be-RA-a
- phraseyour reading level
yip-POL be-RA-a
- clause
ve-neh-PAKH bil-she-NO yip-POL be-RA-a
- sentence
i-KESH-LEV LO yim-TSA-TOB ve-neh-PAKH bil-she-NO yip-POL be-RA-a
Exegesis
The verb yippōl {יִפּוֹל | yippōl} ‘will-fall’ governs the prepositional object bə-rāʿā {בְּרָעָה | bə-rāʿā} ‘into-evil’, forming a result clause. This parallelism between inward disposition (heart) and outward expression (tongue) uses Hebrew poetic balance, which the English renders with coordinating conjunctions to preserve the rhetorical force and rhythm.
Root and etymology
r-ʿ-hresh–ayin–heh
“evil”
In context — Proverbs 17:20
One who is twisted-of-heart will not find good, and one who is perverse in his tongue will fall into evil .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 17:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 17:20, so the Hebrew word בְּרָעָֽה׃ (beraa) 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.17.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.17.20.W7.S1) and character.