H0873 H0873
bad, rebellious (Aramaic adjective describing Jerusalem)
An Aramaic adjective meaning "bad" or "evil," used in Ezra's account of opposition to Jerusalem's rebuilding. The word appears in an accusatory letter to the Persian king describing Jerusalem as a "rebellious and bad city" with a history of sedition. Related to the Syriac and Targumic forms for "bad," it carries moral and political connotations of troublemaking and defiance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Describes Jerusalem as morally and politically "bad" in the context of Persian-era accusations (Ezra 4:12). The term pairs with "rebellious" to paint the city as a source of trouble. Textual uncertainty exists (the ketiv reading), but the sense of moral-political badness is consistent across cognates in Aramaic dialects. 1×
AR["وَ-الرَّدِيئَةَ"]·ben["আর-মন্দ"]·DE["[[ובאישתא]]"]·EN["[ketiv]"]·FR["[ובאישתא]"]·heb["ו-[ובאישתא]"]·HI["और-बुरे"]·ID["[kere]"]·IT["[ובאישתא]"]·jav["lan-tembok"]·KO["[그리고-나쁜]"]·PT["[e-a-má]"]·RU["[кетив]"]·ES["[y-mala]"]·SW["[na-mbaya]"]·TR["K"]·urd["[اور-برا]"]
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)H7819a 1. slaughter an animal (Qal active) (72×)H1486 1. lot (object cast for decisions) (71×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [בִּאישׁ K § 11, 3 b)] adj. bad (so Egyptian Aramaic Cooke 75. 2; 𝔗 בִּישׁ, Syriac ܒܺܝܫ );—fs. emph. וּבִאישְׁתָּא Ezr 4:12 rebellious and bad city (not בִּאוּשְׁתָּא, v. Baern.).