{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7489",
  "lemma": "רָעַע",
  "transliteration": "râʻaʻ",
  "definition": "properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good fornothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)",
  "kjv": "afflict, associate selves (by mistake for H7462 (רָעָה)), break (down, in pieces)…",
  "occurrences": 102,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[רָעַע] 98 vb. denom. be evil, bad",
    "Qal",
    "1. be displeasing",
    "2. be sad",
    "3. be injurious, evil",
    "4. be evil, wicked, ethically",
    "Niph. suffer hurt",
    "Hiph. 70",
    "1. do an injury, hurt",
    "2. do evil, wickedly",
    "רָעַע vb",
    "[רָעַע] vb. break",
    "Qal",
    "1. trans. can one break iron, iron out of the north ?",
    "2. intrans. break = be broken",
    "Hithpō‛. the earth is broken asunder"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:7",
      "text": "He said, “Please, my brothers, don’t act so wickedly.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:9",
      "text": "They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:11",
      "text": "The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of his son.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 21:12",
      "text": "God said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/21?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:7",
      "text": "Your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times, but God didn’t allow him to hurt me.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:10",
      "text": "The thing which he did was evil in the LORD’s sight, and he killed him also.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 43:6",
      "text": "Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 44:5",
      "text": "Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 48:17",
      "text": "When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/48?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 5:22",
      "text": "Moses returned to the LORD, and said, “Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people? Why is it that you have sent…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=22"
    }
  ],
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