רָעָ֣ה
𐤓𐤏𐤄
raah-2
evil
from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
H7451
Proverbs 22:3 · Word #3
Lexicon H7451
| Lemma | רַע |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤓𐤏 |
| Transliteration | raʻ |
| Strong's | H7451 |
| In-context | evil |
Morphology HNcfsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | f — Feminine — Feminine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H7451-26
calamity
| Root | רעע (r-ʿ-ʿ) |
| Core Meanings | badness, evil, harm, adversity, calamity, injury |
| Semantic Range | moral evil, wickedness, misfortune, adversity, disaster, distress, injury, something harmful or unpleasant |
| Conceptual Significance | רָעָה expresses both moral evil and experiential calamity in the Hebrew Bible. It underscores the covenantal worldview in which wrongdoing and disaster are intertwined realities, often portrayed as consequences within YHWH’s moral governance of the world. |
| Morphological Notes | Noun, common feminine singular absolute (רָעָה). Derived from the root רעע and functioning substantivally to denote a state or instance of harm or adversity. |
| Rendering Rationale | The form is a feminine singular absolute noun (HNcfsa) from the root רעע, which conveys the idea of badness or harmfulness. "Calamity" preserves the singular sense and reflects the concrete manifestation of harm or adversity that the feminine noun רָעָה often denotes in context. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root רעע (badness, evil, harm, adversity, calamity, injury)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H7489-01 |
ara | I cause harm |
H7489-02 |
bamereim | because of the harm-causers |
H7451-01 |
baraah | calamity |
H7451-02 |
bera | bad, harmful (masculine singular) |
H7451-03 |
beraah | in badness |
H7451-04 |
beraatam | in their evil |
H7451-05 |
beraatekha | in your badness |
H7451-06 |
beraati | in my calamity |
H7451-07 |
beraato | in his evil |
H7451-08 |
beraoteyhem | in their evils |
H7451-09 |
hara | the harmful one |
H7451-10 |
haraah | the badness |
H7451-11 |
haraim | the evil ones |
H7451-12 |
haraot | the bad-things |
H7489-04 |
hareota | have you caused harm |
H7489-05 |
hareotem | you men have caused harm |
H7489-06 |
hareoti | Have I caused harm? |
H7489-07 |
hera | he has caused harm |
H7489-08 |
hereu | they have caused harm |
H7451-13 |
hrh | the badness |
H7451-14 |
keraato | according to his badness |
H7451-15 |
lara | to badness |
H7451-16 |
laraah | to evil |
H7489-09 |
lehara | to cause harm |
H7489-10 |
leharea | to cause harm |
H4827-01 |
lemera | for harm |
H7451-17 |
lera | to what-is-bad |
H7451-18 |
leraah | for badness |
H7451-19 |
leraato | to his harm |
H7451-20 |
mera | from evil |
H7451-21 |
meraah | from calamity |
H7451-22 |
meraat | from the evil of |
H7451-23 |
meraatam | from their evil |
H7451-24 |
meraato | from his evil |
H7489-11 |
mereim | those causing harm |
H7455-01 |
meroa | from badness |
H7451-25 |
ra | a harmful one |
H7451-27 |
raat | evil-of |
H7451-28 |
raatam | their evil |
H7451-29 |
raatekha | your evil |
H7451-30 |
raatekhe | your evil |
H7451-31 |
raatekhem | your evil |
H7451-32 |
raatekhi | your harm |
H7451-33 |
raati | my evil |
H7451-34 |
raato | his evil |
H7451-35 |
raey | bad ones of |
H7451-36 |
raim | evil ones |
H7451-37 |
raot | evil things |
H7451-38 |
raotekhem | your evils |
H7451-39 |
raoteykhem | your evils |
H7451-40 |
rh | evil thing |
H7455-02 |
roa | badness of |
H7489-12 |
tareu | you will cause harm |
H7489-13 |
tera | she will act badly |
H7451-41 |
uleraah | and to calamity |
H7455-03 |
umeroa | and from badness |
H7451-42 |
uveraatam | and in their evil |
H7451-43 |
uveraatekhe | and in your evil |
H1283-01 |
uveriah | and Beriah (“In-Adversity”) |
H7451-44 |
vara | and bad |
H7451-45 |
varaah | in the calamity |
H7489-14 |
vayareu | and they did harm |
H7451-46 |
vehara | and the evil (one) |
H7451-47 |
veharaot | and the evils |
H7451-48 |
vera | evil (masculine singular) |
H7451-49 |
veraat | and the badness of |
H7451-50 |
veraatekhe | in your evil |
H7451-51 |
veraato | and his badness |
H7451-52 |
veraim | and evil ones |
H7451-53 |
veraot | (and/in) evils |
H1283-02 |
veriah | In-Calamity (feminine name) |
H7327-02 |
verut | and Ruth (Companion) |
H7489-15 |
yeroa | he will be made broken (harmed) |
Word Usage (666 occurrences of H7451)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 2:9 | וָ/רָֽע | vara | and evil |
| Genesis 2:17 | וָ/רָ֔ע | vara | and evil |
| Genesis 3:5 | וָ/רָֽע | vara | and evil |