H7489A–רָעַע–ra.a

You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever.

מְרֵעִֽים׃ me.re.'Im “evil-doers”

Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

מְרֵעִ֔ים me.re.'Im “evil-doers”

Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and see it together.

וְתָרֵ֔עוּ (תָרֵ֔עוּ) ta.Re.'u “you may do harm”

Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him who there was no justice.

וַיֵּ֥רַע (יֵּ֥רַע) i.Ye.ra' “it was displeasing”

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says Yahweh.

יָרֵ֧עוּ ya.Re.'u “they will do harm”

For my people are foolish, they don't know me; they are foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

לְהָרַ֔ע (הָרַ֔ע) ha.Ra' “do evil”

yet they didn't listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

הֵרֵ֖עוּ he.Re.'u “they did evil”

They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither is it in them to do good."

יָרֵ֔עוּ ya.Re.'u “they do harm”

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

הָרֵֽעַ׃ ha.Re.a' “<of> to do evil”

and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:

הֲרֵעֹתֶ֥ם ha.re.'o.Tem “you have done evil”

Sing to Yahweh, praise you Yahweh; for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evil-doers.

מְרֵעִֽים׃ me.re.'Im “evil-doers”

In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none does return from his wickedness: they are all of them become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.

מְרֵעִ֔ים me.re.'Im “evil-doers”

and don't go after other gods to serve them or worship them, and don't provoke me to anger with the work of your hands; and I will do you no harm.

אָרַ֖ע 'a.Ra' “I will do harm”

For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Hosts.

לְהָרַ֔ע (הָרַ֔ע) ha.Ra' “do harm”

It shall happen that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so will I watch over them to build and to plant, says Yahweh.

וּלְהָרֵ֑עַ (הָרֵ֑עַ) ha.Re.a' “do harm”

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

הֵרֵ֜עוּ he.Re.'u “they have done evil”

Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well to you; but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.

רַ֧ע ra' “[is] displeasing”

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

וַיֵּ֥רַע (יֵּ֥רַע) i.Ye.ra' “it was displeasing”

Then they will cry to Yahweh, But he will not answer them. Yes, he will hide his face from them at that time, Because they made their deeds evil."

הֵרֵ֖עוּ he.Re.'u “they have made evil”

"In that day," says Yahweh, "I will assemble that which is lame, And I will gather that which is driven away, And that which I have afflicted;

הֲרֵעֹֽתִי׃ ha.re.'O.ti “I have done harm to”

It will happen at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are settled on their dregs, who say in their heart, "Yahweh will not do good, neither will he do evil."

יָרֵֽעַ׃ ya.Re.a' “he will do harm”

For thus says Yahweh of hosts: "As I thought to do evil to you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath," says Yahweh of Hosts, "and I didn't repent;

לְהָרַ֣ע (הָרַ֣ע) ha.Ra' “do harm”