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)

1. 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.

2. 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)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לירוא / לִירֹא
		action noun		—
		passive participle		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		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