ירא

Hebrew

Root
י־ר־א (y-r-ʾ)
5 terms

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jaˈʁe/
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Verb

יָרֵא • (yaré) (pa'al construction, infinitive לירוא / לִירֹא, present יָרֵא, future יִירָא, imperative יְרָא, passive counterpart נוֹרָא)

to fear, be afraid
- Tanach, Psalms 23:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  גַּם כִּי־אֵלֵךְ בְּ גֵיא צַלְמָוֶת לֹא־אִירָא רָע כִּי־אַתָּה עִמָּדִי שִׁבְטְךָ וּמִשְׁעַנְתֶּךָ הֵמָּה יְנַחֲמֻנִי׃
  gam ki-'elékh b'géi tsalmávet lo-'irá rá' ki-'atá 'imadí shivt'khá umish'antékha héma y'nakhamúni.
  gam kī-ʾēlēḵ bəḡē ṣalmā́weṯ lō-ʾīrā rāʿ kī-ʾattā ʿimmāḏī šiḇṭəḵā ūmišʿantéḵā hḗmmā yənaḥămū́nī.
  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
to revere, respect, stand in awe (of)
- Tanach, Psalms 34:10, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  יְראוּ אֶת־יְהוָה קְדֹשָׁיו כִּי־אֵין מַחְסוֹר לִירֵאָיו׃
  y'rú 'et-YHVH k'dosháv ki-'éin makhsór lire'áv.
  yərū ʾeṯ-YHWH qəḏōšāw kī-ʾēn maḥsōr līrēʾāw.
  O fear the Lord, ye His holy ones; for there is no want to them that fear Him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of **יָרֵא** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לירוא / לִירֹא
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—

finite forms		m	f	m	f
past	first	יָרֵאתִי		יָרֵאנוּ
	second	יָרֵאתָ	יָרֵאת	יְרֵאתֶם¹	יְרֵאתֶן¹
	third	יָרֵא	יָרְאָה	יָרְאוּ
present		יָרֵא	יְרֵאָה	יְרֵאִים	יְרֵאוֹת
future	first	אִירָא		נִירָא
	second	תִּירָא	תִּירְאִי	תִּירְאוּ	תִּירֶאנָה²
	third	יִירָא	תִּירָא	יִירְאוּ	תִּירֶאנָה²
imperative		יְרָא	יִרְאִי	יִרְאוּ	יְרֶאנָה²

¹ Pronounced יָרֵאתֶם and יָרֵאתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

H3372 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

ארי, ראי