ירא

Hebrew

Root
י־ר־א‎

Verb

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

to fear, be afraid
- 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)
- 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
notes		Pronounced יָרֵאתֶם‎ and יָרֵאתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

References

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

Anagrams

ארי‎

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