ירה

Hebrew
Root
י־ר־ה‎

Pronunciation

Verb

יָרָה • (yará) (pa'al construction, infinitive לִירוֹת‎, future יִירֶה‎)

  1. To flow as water (that is, to rain).
  2. To lay or throw; especially, to shoot, as an arrow or gun.
  3. (figuratively) To point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach.

Conjugation
Conjugation of יָרָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לִירוֹת‎
  • action noun: יְרִיָּה‎
  • passive participle: יָרוּי‎
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first יָרִיתִי‎יָרִינוּ‎
second יָרִיתָ‎יָרִית‎יְרִיתֶם‎1יְרִיתֶן‎1
third יָרָהיָרְתָה‎יָרוּ‎
present יוֹרֶה‎יוֹרָה‎יוֹרִים‎יוֹרוֹת‎
future first אִירֶה‎נִירֶה‎
second תִּירֶה‎תִּירִי‎תִּירוּ‎תִּירֶינָה‎2
third יִירֶה‎תִּירֶה‎יִירוּ‎תִּירֶינָה‎2
imperative יְרֵהיְרִי‎יְרוּ‎יְרֶינָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced יָרִיתֶם‎ and יָרִיתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

References
  • H3384 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
  • Widder, Wendy L. (2014) “To Teach” in Ancient Israel. A Cognitive Linguistic Study of a Biblical Hebrew Lexical Set (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 456), Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 32 seqq.
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