Proverbs 6:24:3Prov.6.24.W3TAB
רָ֑ע
ra
“evil”
- Transliteration
- RA
- Extended
- RAA
- IPA
- /ˈraːʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- evil
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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Word in context
- word
RA
- clause
lish-MAR-kha me-E-shet RA
- sentence
lish-MAR-kha me-E-shet RA me-khe-le-KAT la-SHON na-khe-ri-YA
Exegesis
This is followed by two parallel prepositional phrases: mēʾeshet rāʿ {מֵאֵשֶׁת רָע | mē-ʾê-šet rā‛} 'from an evil woman' and mĕḥeleqet lāšôn nāḵrîyâ {מֵחֶלְקַת לָשׁוֹן נָכְרִיָּה | mĕ-ḥē-le-qet lā-šôn nā-ḵrî-yā} 'from the smoothness of a foreign tongue.' The construct chain ḥēleqet lāšôn unites “smoothness” with “tongue,” forming a Hebrew idiom for seductive speech. The adjective nāḵrîyâ “foreign” intensifies the warning by highlighting outsider status. English rendering preserves the parallel structure and idiomatic nuance by distinguishing between “speech” and “words.”
Root and etymology
Rootresh–ʻayin
“companion, friend”
In context — Proverbs 6:24
To guard you from an evil woman and from the seductive speech of a foreign woman.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 6:24, so the Hebrew word רָ֑ע (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.6.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.24.W3.S1) and character.