Genesis 38:7:5Gen.38.7.W5PAT

רַ֖ע

ra

evil

Transliteration
RA
Extended
RAH
IPA
/ˈraʕ/

Meaning by language

English
evil
French
mauvais
Spanish
malo
Portuguese
mau
German
böse
Russian
злой
Arabic-Simplified
شرير
Hindi
दुष्ट
Chinese-Simplified
邪恶的
Korean
악한
Indonesian
jahat
Bengali
মন্দ
Tagalog
masama
Swahili
mwovu
Amharic
ክፉ
Yoruba
búburú
Igbo
ọjọọ
Twi
bɔne

Alphabet Analysis

Reshr guttural, like the French r
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

  1. word

    RA

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI ER be-KHOR ye-hu-DA RA be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ER be-KHOR ye-hu-DA RA be-ey-NEI Ye-ho-VAH va-ye-mi-TE-hu Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 38:7

and it was Er firstborn of Judah evil in the eyes of LORD and he put him to death LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 38:7, so the Hebrew word רַ֖ע (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 Gen.38.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.7.W5.S1) and character.