Rhaka is used as a direct insulting address to a brother in a warning about accountability for hostile speech.

The attested use is a vocative insult directed at a brother within a warning that hostile speech brings liability to judgment.

1. Insulting address to a brother · dominant

   In Matthew 5:22, Ῥακά is a masculine singular vocative in the clause about someone speaking to his brother. The APB renders the surrounding warning with the address “Fool” and connects such speech with liability to the council.

   Matthew 5:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 5:22, the APB presents the relevant address as “Fool,”.