I. רַע 226 adjective bad, evil (distinction from noun, and verb Perfect
3rd person masculine singular, is sometimes not easy, and opinions differ); — masculine singular
רַע Genesis 6:5 +;
רָ֑ע Genesis 31:24 +; plural
רָעַים Genesis 13:13 +; construct
רָעֵי Ezekiel 7:24 (strike out Co); feminine singular
רָעָה Genesis 37:2 +
37 times (this form usually noun), plural
רָעוֺת Genesis 28:8 +
14 times;
רָעֹת Genesis 41:27 (
18 times noun); —
†1. bad, disagreeable, malignant: of a woman,
רָעָה בְּעֵינֵי Exodus 21:8 (E; perhaps, with changed accent, verb
3rd person feminine singular רָ֫עָה)
disagreeable, unpleasing in the eyes of, plural
Genesis 28:8 (P); of poisonous herb
2 Kings 4:41, malignant boils
Deuteronomy 28:35;
Job 2:7, diseases
Deuteronomy 7:15;
Deuteronomy 28:59;
2 Chronicles 21:19;
Ecclesiastes 6:2, deadly sword
Psalm 144:10, arrows
Ezekiel 5:16, severe judgments
Ezekiel 14:21, wonders
Deuteronomy 6:22;
מַלְאֲכֵי רָעִים Psalm 78:49 = fierce messengers (of God; Ew
§ 287 a Ges
§ 130 e), wild beasts
Genesis 37:20,
33 (JE)
Leviticus 26:6 (H)
Ezekiel 5:17;
Ezekiel 14:15,
21;
Ezekiel 34:25; unclean thing
Deuteronomy 23:10.
†2. bad, unpleasant, giving pain, unhappiness, misery:
ימים רעים evil days (of trial and hardship)
Genesis 47:9 (P)
Proverbs 15:15;
עִנְיָן רע Ecclesiastes 1:13;
Ecclesiastes 5:13;
עִנְיַן Ecclesiastes 4:8, compare
Ecclesiastes 2:17;
Ecclesiastes 9:3;
הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הָרָע Ecclesiastes 4:3;
הדבר הרע evil report Exodus 33:4 (J), so
דִּבָּה רָעָה Genesis 37:2 (JE)
Numbers 14:37 (P),
שׁם רע Deuteronomy 22:14,
19;
Nehemiah 6:13,
שְׁמוּעָה רָעָה Jeremiah 49:23;
Psalm 112:7; of things: painful discipline
Proverbs 15:10, evil occurrence
1 Kings 5:18,
evil (-bringing)
net Ecclesiastes 9:12, instruments
Isaiah 32:7:
כל הדבר הרע Joshua 23:15 (D)
all evil (injurious)
things;
רַע it is
bad, harmful Isaiah 3:11 Jeremiah 2:19; of speech,
דבּר,
רעאו טוב Genesis 24:50 (J) in proverb, speak
bad or good = anything at all,
מטוב עד רע Genesis 31:24,
29 (E),
לְמֵרָע ועד טוב 2 Samuel 13:22, of the divine spirit as producing an ecstatic state of frenzy and violence
1 Samuel 16:14,
15,
16,
23;
1 Samuel 18:10;
1 Samuel 19:9 (see
רוּח 9).
†3. evil, displeasing עָשָׂח רָ֔ע בְּעֵינֵי סַרְנֵי פְלשְׁתִּים 1 Samuel 29:7.
†4. bad of its kind, land
Numbers 13:19 (J), place
Numbers 20:5 (JE), waters
2 Kings 2:19, figs
Jeremiah 24:2,
3(twice in verse);
Jeremiah 24:8, kine
Genesis 41:3,
4,
19,
20,
21,
27 (E),
מוּם רע Deuteronomy 15:21, compare
Deuteronomy 17:1.
†6. +
מִן comparative,
worse than,
2 Samuel 19:8; as superlative,
רָעֵי גוֺיִם Ezekiel 7:24 worst of nations (strike out Co).
10. ethically bad, evil, wicked:
II. רַע 126 noun masculineJob 30:26 evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity; — absolute
רַע Numbers 11:1 +,
בְּרָע Exodus 5:19 +,
רָ֑ע Genesis 48:16 +; —
†2. evil, injury, wrong: Habakkuk 2:9;
Job 2:10;
Proverbs 21:10;
עשׂה רע, +
עִם person
Genesis 31:29 (E);
ל person
Jeremiah 39:12; as object of
חשּׁב Hosea 7:15,
חרשׁ Proverbs 6:14;
Proverbs 12:20;
Proverbs 14:22,
השׁיב Psalm 54:7,
גמל Psalm 7:5;
Proverbs 31:12,
בקּשׁ Proverbs 17:11,
שׁלּם Proverbs 20:22,
אמר Psalm 41:6,
דבּר Psalm 109:20;
דבּר בְּרָע Psalm 73:8 speak about injury;
לֹא יִתְנַבֵּא טוֺב כִּי אִם רָ֑ע 1 Kings 22:8,
18 2 Chronicles (
2 Chronicles 18:7 לְרָעָמ),
2 Chronicles 18:17 לְרָ֑ע;
לרע for harm, injury Isaiah 59:7;
Jeremiah 7:6;
Jeremiah 25:7;
Psalm 56:6;
Proverbs 1:16;
Proverbs 21:12;
Ecclesiastes 8:9;
רַע יֵרוֺעַ Proverbs 11:15 (but read
רֹעַ Gr SS, see Toy).
רָעָה 310 noun feminine evil, misery, distress, injury; — absolute
ר׳ Genesis 26:29 +; construct
רָעַת Genesis 6:5 +; suffix
רָֽעָתִי Psalm 35:4 +;
רָעָֽתְךָ 1 Kings 2:44 +;
רָֽעָתֵכִי Jeremiah 11:15 (text dubious);
רָֽעַתְכֶם 1 Samuel 12:17, etc.; plural
רָעוֺת Deuteronomy 31:17 +;
רָעֹת Jeremiah 44:9;
Exodus 23:2; suffix
רָעוֺתֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 10:19 +, etc.; —
1. evil, misery, distress: רָעָה פַּחַד Proverbs 1:33,
באה (ה)רעה Ezekiel 7:5 (twice in verse); with
עַל Isaiah 47:11 (read
באה for
בא),
Jeremiah 5:12 +
5 times; with
אֶל Jeremiah 2:3;
Jeremiah 51:60; †
הביא רעה Jeremiah 4:6;
1 Kings 21:29; +
אֶל 2 Samuel 17:14 +
8 times in Kings Jeremiah; +
עַל 1 Kings 9:9 2 Chronicles 7:22;
Jeremiah 19:3 +
6 times Jeremiah +
8 times; +
אֶל and
לְ Jeremiah 19:15;
Jeremiah 36:31;
יוֺם רעה Jeremiah 17:17,
18 +
5 times;
יְמֵי העה †
Ecclesiastes 12:1 (i.e., spring days, fatal to old people, Wetzst in De
Koh. 447);
רָעוֺת evils Deuteronomy 31:17 (twice in verse);
Deuteronomy 31:21 (JE),
Deuteronomy 32:23 (poem),
Psalm 34:20;
Psalm 40:13;
Psalm 88:4;
עֵת רָעָה Amos 5:13;
Jeremiah 2:27,
28 +
5 times;
ראה ברעה Numbers 11:15 (JE)
Obadiah 13;
Esther 8:6; 䄰
ראה רעה Jeremiah 44:17;
Psalm 90:15;
Proverbs 22:3 =
Proverbs 27:12; †
יפול ברעה Proverbs 17:20;
Proverbs 28:14; †
בְּרָעָה Genesis 44:29 (J)
Proverbs 14:32;
Proverbs 24:16;
Nehemiah 1:3;
1 Chronicles 7:23;
Psalm 107:26;
ברעותיכם Psalm 141:5;
נִחַם עַל רָעָה Exodus 32:12,
14 (J)
Jeremiah 8:6 +
6 times; with
אֶל 2 Samuel 24:16;
Jeremiah 26:3,
13,
19;
Jeremiah 42:10.
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