Hebrew · H1197, H7451 · unreviewed

בָּעַר הָרָע

To kindle , i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish · bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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בָּעַר H1197 to kindle , i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be (-come) brutish
Pronunciation bāʿar
Fire consumes and reduces to nothing; brutishness represents moral consumption—loss of wisdom through appetite.
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רַע H7451 bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Pronunciation ra
Encompasses both moral wickedness and physical affliction; God's judgment often conflates ethical and natural evil.
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What does בָּעַר הָרָע (ba'ar hara) mean in the Bible?

בָּעַר · רַע is a Hebrew word meaning "to remove, burn away, purge; evil, wickedness".

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Meaning

to remove, burn away, purge; evil, wickedness
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 30×
Participle active Deut 4:11 · Deut 5:23 · Deut 9:15 · Exod 3:2 · Ezek 1:13 · Ezek 21:36 · Hos 7:4 · Hos 7:6 · Isa 30:27 · Isa 30:33 · Isa 34:9 · Jer 20:9 · Mal 3:19 · Ps 94:8 14×
Imperfect Isa 43:2 · Ps 39:4 · Ps 79:5 · Ps 83:15 · Ps 89:47 · Exod 3:3 · Isa 62:1 · Ps 2:12 · Jer 10:8
Perfect 2Sam 22:9 · 2Sam 22:13 · Judg 15:14 · Ps 18:9 · Esth 1:12 · Isa 9:17 · Num 11:3
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 14×
Perfect 1Kgs 22:47 · 2Kgs 23:24 · Deut 26:13 · Deut 26:14 · Isa 3:14 · Isa 50:11 · 2Chr 19:3
Imperfect 1Kgs 14:10 · Deut 21:9 · Exod 35:3 · Ezek 39:10
Infinitive absolute Isa 4:4
Infinitive construct Isa 40:16
Participle active Jer 7:18
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action
Perfect Jer 10:14 · Jer 51:17 · Jer 10:21
Participle active Isa 19:11
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action
Imperfect Exod 22:4 · Ezek 5:2
Participle active 1Kgs 16:3
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject
Participle passive Jer 36:22
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