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# מֵרַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4827

**be evil** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be evil [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4827/#m1)

Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: be\] to evil (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 11:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.27/#tree)

וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֤ם הַמְּלָכִים֙ לְבָבָ֣ם לְמֵרָ֔ע וְעַל־שֻׁלְחָ֥ן אֶחָ֖ד כָּזָ֣ב יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ וְלֹ֣א תִצְלָ֔ח כִּי־ע֥וֹד קֵ֖ץ לַמּוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and the.two of.them the kings heart their \[will be\].to.evil and at a.table one falsehood they.will.speak and not it.will.succeed (dm) yet an.end \[is\].to the.appointed time

*JPS 1917:* And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper, for the end remaineth yet for the time appointed.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4827.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4827/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).