רֹעַ

Genesis 41:19 לָרֹֽעַ׃ to <the> badness

After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!

Deuteronomy 28:20 רֹ֥עַ [the] wickedness of

The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

1 Samuel 17:28 רֹ֣עַ [the] wickedness of

Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”

Here: "The badness of": the poor quality of something, here of David's intentions. The same word describes figs too rotten to eat (Jer 24:2–3).

Nehemiah 2:2 רֹ֣עַֽ sadness of

so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear

Psalm 28:4 וּכְרֹ֪עַ and according to [the] wickedness of

Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

Here: "And according to the badness of." Roa' names the bad quality of something, its rottenness, not one single act. It matches the ra'ah, "malice," hidden in their hearts in verse 3.

Ecclesiastes 7:3 בְרֹ֥עַ by sadness of

Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.

Here: 'In/by/with the badness of'. Ro'a comes from the same root as ra', 'bad', and is placed against tov ('good'). The preposition be- can mean 'by means of' (sorrow does something to you) or 'while/when' (the face is sad while the heart is fine). The meaning of the verse turns on this choice.

Isaiah 1:16 רֹ֥עַ [the] wickedness of

Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

Here: 'The badness of', a noun linked to the next word. It names the harmful, wrong quality of what they do, and v.17 and v.23 show this to be mainly injustice toward the vulnerable.

Jeremiah 4:4 רֹ֥עַ [the] wickedness of

Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

Here: The bad quality of their conduct, harmful and corrupt. This noun form is typical of Jeremiah and Deuteronomy's set phrase 'the evil of your doings.'

Jeremiah 21:12 רֹ֥עַ [the] wickedness of

O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.

Here: "The badness of": a rare word that belongs to a set phrase, "the evil of your deeds," which Jeremiah uses again and again for the nation's conduct.

Jeremiah 23:2 רֹ֥עַ [the] wickedness of

Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.

Here: The badness or wickedness of their conduct. In Hebrew it sounds very like ro'eh/ro'im ("shepherd/shepherds"), so the shepherds are paid back with their own "evil."

Jeremiah 23:22 וּמֵרֹ֖עַ and from [the] wickedness of

But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”

Here: 'And from the badness of…' An abstract noun from the same root as 'evil' just before it. Repeating the sound drives the point home: evil way, evil of their deeds.

Jeremiah 24:2 מֵרֹֽעַ׃ ס from badness

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

Jeremiah 24:3 מֵרֹֽעַ׃ פ from badness

“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”

Jeremiah 24:8 מֵרֹ֑עַ from badness

But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.

Here: "Because of badness," i.e. they are too rotten. Roa' is the abstract noun from the same root as "bad," so the line rings with the root r-'-': bad figs, inedible for badness.

Jeremiah 25:5 וּמֵרֹ֣עַ and from [the] wickedness of

The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.

Here: 'And from the badness of …'. This is a noun from the same root as hara'ah, so the line piles bad on bad. 'The badness of your deeds' is a stock phrase in Jeremiah (4:4; 21:12; 23:2, 22; 26:3; 44:22).

Jeremiah 26:3 רֹ֥עַ [the] wickedness of

Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.

Jeremiah 29:17 מֵרֹֽעַ׃ from badness

this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.

Jeremiah 44:22 רֹ֣עַ [the] wickedness of

So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

Here: 'The badness of.' A noun for the quality of being bad, both morally wicked and harmful. It is part of a set phrase in Jeremiah and Deuteronomy ('the evil of your deeds').

Hosea 9:15 רֹ֣עַ [the] wickedness of

All their evil appears at Gilgal, for there I hated them. I will drive them from My house for the wickedness of their deeds. I will no longer love them; all their leaders are rebellious.

Here: 'The badness of'. It is a different noun from the same root as ra‘ātām earlier in the verse, so 'evil' sounds twice. The phrase 'evil of deeds' is a fixed expression for a charge (Deut 28:20; Jer 4:4; 21:12).