ירא
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Hebrew
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י־ר־א (y-r-ʾ) |
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]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 בְּגֵיא 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.
- gam ki-'elékh b'géi tsalmávet lo-'irá rá' ki-'atá 'imadí shivt'khá umish'antékha héma y'nakhamúni.
- to revere, respect, stand in awe (of)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of יָרֵא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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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 | |
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