Proverbs 8:13:4Prov.8.13.W4TAB

רָ֥ע

ra

evil

Transliteration
RA
Extended
RAA
IPA
/ˈraːʕ/

Meaning by language

English
evil

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    RA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    se-NOT RA ge-A

  3. sentence

    yir-AT ye-ho-VAH se-NOT RA ge-A ve-ga-ON ve-DE-rekh RA u-FI tah-he-pu-KHOT sa-NE-ti

Root and etymology

ר־ע

bad, evil

In contextProverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth—I hate.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 8:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 8:13, so the Hebrew word רָ֥ע (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.8.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.13.W4.S1) and character.