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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - רָעַע

רָעַע

H7489

Transliteration: râʻaʻ

Pronunciation: raw-ah'

Definition: afflict


Original: רעע

Transliteration: râ‛a‛

Phonetic: raw-ah'

BDB Definition:

  1. to be bad, be evil
    1. (Qal)
      1. to be displeasing
      2. to be sad
      3. to be injurious, be evil
      4. to be wicked, be evil (ethically)
    2. (Hiphil)
      1. to do an injury or hurt
      2. to do evil or wickedly
      3. mischief (participle)
  2. to break, shatter
    1. (Qal)
      1. to break
      2. broken (participle)
      3. to be broken
    2. (Hithpolel) to be broken, be broken in pieces, be broken asunder

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2191,2192

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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