rah
from 7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral):--
adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure),
distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X
great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured),
+ mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not
please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex,
wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong.
(Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
see Hebrew for [07489]
And I am this day [03117] weak [07390], though anointed [04886] king [04428]; and these men [0582] the sons [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] be too hard [07186] for me: the Lord [03068] shall reward [07999] the doer of evil [06213] according to his wickedness [07451].weak: Heb. tender
Wherefore hast thou despised [0959] the commandment [01697] of the Lord [03068], to do [06213] evil [07451] in his sight [05869]? thou hast killed [05221] Uriah [0223] the Hittite [02850] with the sword [02719], and hast taken [03947] his wife [0802] to be thy wife [0802], and hast slain [02026] him with the sword [02719] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983].
Thus saith [0559] the Lord [03068], Behold, I will raise up [06965] evil [07451] against thee out of thine own house [01004], and I will take [03947] thy wives [0802] before thine eyes [05869], and give [05414] them unto thy neighbour [07453], and he shall lie [07901] with thy wives [0802] in the sight [05869] of this sun [08121].
And it came to pass on the seventh [07637] day [03117], that the child [03206] died [04191]. And the servants [05650] of David [01732] feared [03372] to tell [05046] him that the child [03206] was dead [04191]: for they said [0559], Behold, while the child [03206] was yet alive [02416], we spake [01696] unto him, and he would not hearken [08085] unto our voice [06963]: how will he then [06213] vex [07451] himself [06213], if we tell [0559] him that the child [03206] is dead [04191]?vex: Heb. do hurt
And she said [0559] unto him, There is no cause [0182]: this evil [07451] in sending me away [07971] is greater [01419] than the other [0312] that thou didst [06213] unto me. But he would [014] not hearken [08085] unto her.
And Absalom [053] spake [01696] unto his brother Amnon [0550] neither good [02896] nor bad [07451]: for Absalom [053] hated [08130] Amnon [0550], because [01697] he had forced [06031] his sister [0269] Tamar [08559].
Then thine handmaid [08198] said [0559], The word [01697] of my lord [0113] the king [04428] shall now be comfortable [04496]: for as an angel [04397] of God [0430], so is my lord [0113] the king [04428] to discern [08085] good [02896] and bad [07451]: therefore the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] will be with thee.comfortable: Heb. for restto discern: Heb. to hear
And David [01732] said [0559] unto all his servants [05650] that were with him at Jerusalem [03389], Arise [06965], and let us flee [01272]; for we shall not else escape [06413] from [06440] Absalom [053]: make speed [04116] to depart [03212], lest he overtake [05381] us suddenly [04116], and bring [05080] evil [07451] upon us, and smite [05221] the city [05892] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].bring: Heb. thrust
The Lord [03068] hath returned [07725] upon thee all the blood [01818] of the house [01004] of Saul [07586], in whose stead thou hast reigned [04427]; and the Lord [03068] hath delivered [05414] the kingdom [04410] into the hand [03027] of Absalom [053] thy son [01121]: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief [07451], because thou art a bloody [01818] man [0376].behold…: Heb. behold thee in thy evil
And Absalom [053] and all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559], The counsel [06098] of Hushai [02365] the Archite [0757] is better [02896] than the counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302]. For the Lord [03068] had appointed [06680] to defeat [06565] the good [02896] counsel [06098] of Ahithophel [0302], to the intent [05668] that the Lord [03068] might bring [0935] evil [07451] upon Absalom [053].appointed: Heb. commanded
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto Cushi [03569], Is the young man [05288] Absalom [053] safe [07965]? And Cushi [03569] answered [0559], The enemies [0341] of my lord [0113] the king [04428], and all that rise [06965] against thee to do thee hurt [07451], be as that young man [05288] is.
Now therefore arise [06965], go forth [03318], and speak [01696] comfortably [03820] unto thy servants [05650]: for I swear [07650] by the Lord [03068], if thou go not forth [03318], there will not tarry [03885] one [0376] with thee this night [03915]: and that will be worse [07489] unto thee than all the evil [07451] that befell [0935] thee from thy youth [05271] until now.comfortably…: Heb. to the heart of thy servants
I am this day [03117] fourscore [08084] years [08141] old [01121]: and can I discern [03045] between good [02896] and evil [07451]? can thy servant [05650] taste [02938] what [0834] I eat [0398] or what [0834] I drink [08354]? can I hear [08085] any more the voice [06963] of singing men [07891] and singing women [07891]? wherefore then should thy servant [05650] be yet a burden [04853] unto my lord [0113] the king [04428]?
And when the angel [04397] stretched out [07971] his hand [03027] upon Jerusalem [03389] to destroy [07843] it, the Lord [03068] repented [05162] him of the evil [07451], and said [0559] to the angel [04397] that destroyed [07843] the people [05971], It is enough [07227]: stay [07503] now thine hand [03027]. And the angel [04397] of the Lord [03068] was by the threshingplace [01637] of Araunah [0728] the Jebusite [02983].Araunah: also called, Ornan