יָרָהyârâh
יָרָא: shoot, pour
Pronunciation: yaw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3384
Meanings
Qal: shoot with arrows. (2 Chronicles 26:15)
Hiph`il: and they shot at, the shooters, archers (2 Samuel 11:24)
Hoph`al: shall, be watered (Proverbs 11:25)
יָרָה: throw, shoot
Qal
1. throw, cast (Joshua 18:6; Exodus 15:4)
2. cast (= lay, set) (Job 38:6; Genesis 31:51)
3. shoot arrows (Exodus 19:13; 2 Kings 13:17; 1 Samuel 20:36)
4. throw water, rain (Hosea 6:3)
Niph`al: shot through, (with arrows) (Exodus 19:13)
Hiph`il
1. throw, cast (Job 30:19)
2. shoot (arrows) (1 Samuel 20:20; 1 Samuel 20:36; 2 Samuel 11:20)
3. throw water, rain (Hosea 10:12)
4. point out, shew (Genesis 46:28; Proverbs 6:13; Exodus 15:25)
5. direct, teach, instruct
a. concerning the hand of El, teaching lies (Exodus 35:34; Proverbs 4:4; Job 8:10)
b. direction, teach (Deuteronomy 33:10; Deuteronomy 17:10; Deuteronomy 17:11)
c. of his ways (Isaiah 28:26; Psalms 119:102; Exodus 4:12)
Same root
- יוֹרֶהyôwreh · H3138sprinkling; hence, a sprinkling (or autumnal showers)
- יוֹרָהYôwrâh · H3139Jorah, an Israelite
- יוֹרַיYôwray · H3140Jorai, an Israelite
- יְרוּאֵלYᵉrûwʼêl · H3385Jeruel, a place in Palestine
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaim · H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- יְרִיאֵלYᵉrîyʼêl · H3400Jeriel, an Israelite
- יְרִיָּהYᵉrîyâh · H3404Jerijah, an Israelite
- מוֹרֶהmôwreh · H4175an archer; also teacher or teaching; also the early rain
Where it appears
Appears 80 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:51 “See this pile of stones,” Laban continued, “and see this monument I have set between us.
- Genesis 46:28 As they neared their destination, Jacob sent Judah ahead to meet Joseph and get directions to the region of Goshen. And when they finally arrived there,
- Exodus 4:12 Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”
- Exodus 4:15 Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do.
- Exodus 15:4 Pharaoh’s chariots and army he has hurled into the sea. The finest of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- Exodus 15:25 So Moses cried out to the Lord for help, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink. It was there at Marah that the Lord set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him.
See every passage
- Genesis 31:51, 46:28
- Exodus 4:12, 4:15, 15:4, 15:25, 19:13, 24:12, 35:34
- Leviticus 10:11, 14:57
- Numbers 21:30
- Deuteronomy 17:10, 17:11, 24:8, 33:10
- Joshua 18:6
- Judges 13:8
- 1 Samuel 12:23, 20:20, 20:36, 20:37, 31:3
- 2 Samuel 11:20, 11:24
- 1 Kings 8:36
- 2 Kings 12:2, 13:17, 17:27, 17:28, 19:32
- 1 Chronicles 10:3
- 2 Chronicles 6:27, 15:3, 26:15, 35:23
- Job 6:24, 8:10, 12:7, 12:8, 27:11, 30:19, 34:32, 38:6
- Psalms 11:2, 25:8, 25:12, 27:11, 32:8, 45:4, 64:4, 64:7, 86:11, 119:33, 119:102
- Proverbs 4:4, 4:11, 6:13, 11:25, 26:18
- Isaiah 2:3, 9:15, 28:9, 28:26, 37:33
- Ezekiel 44:23
- Hosea 6:3, 10:12
- Micah 3:11, 4:2
- Habakkuk 2:18, 2:19
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).