רַאֲוָהraʼăvâh

רָאָה: see

Pronunciation: rah-av-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7207

Meanings

Qal: active, passive (Genesis 29:10; Exodus 4:14; 2 Kings 2:12)

1.

a. see, with accusative of person (Isaiah 6:5; Isaiah 30:20; Jeremiah 42:2)

b. see, with accusative of thing (Joshua 24:7; 1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 24:10)

2. see, followed by accusative + clause or phrase of closer designation (Genesis 6:2; Genesis 12:4; Exodus 2:2)

3. see, so as to learn to know (Deuteronomy 33:9; Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 1:31)

4. see, have (power of) vision (Genesis 27:1; Genesis 48:10; 1 Samuel 3:2)

5. see, = perceive

a. and he feared, whether (Exodus 3:4; Exodus 8:11; Genesis 1:10)

b. Note (Genesis 42:21; Hosea 5:13; 1 Samuel 24:12)

6. look at, see, by direct volition

a. subject men (Genesis 9:22; Genesis 9:23; Genesis 42:9)

b. subject God (Genesis 9:16; Genesis 11:5; Job 37:24)

c. look, take a look, of man and God (Genesis 8:13; Genesis 18:2; Exodus 3:2)

d. look after, see after, learn about (Genesis 37:14; 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Samuel 20:29)

e. observe, watch (1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 6:16; 1 Samuel 17:28)

f. look upon, = endure to see (Habakkuk 1:13)

g. look out, find out (2 Kings 9:2; Genesis 41:33; 1 Samuel 16:17)

h. look at, = concern oneself about (Genesis 39:23)

7. of mental observation

a. see! observe! consider!, exclamation (nearly = הִנֵּה) (Genesis 27:27; Genesis 31:50; Genesis 39:14)

b. look at, i.e. inquire into, a matter (1 Samuel 24:16; 1 Samuel 24:15)

c. give attention to (Jeremiah 2:31; 2 Samuel 13:28; 2 Kings 6:32)

d. discern (Ecclesiastes 1:16; Ecclesiastes 3:13)

e. distinguish (Malachi 3:18)

f. consider, reflect (Ecclesiastes 7:14)

8.

a. look into, look at, with ב (1 Samuel 6:19; Genesis 34:1; Ecclesiastes 3:22)

b. with אֶל (Isaiah 17:7; Exodus 5:21; Exodus 1:16)

c. with ל (1 Samuel 16:7; Psalms 64:6; 1 Chronicles 17:17)

Niph`al

1. appear, especially

a. of ׳ י (God) (Genesis 12:7; Genesis 35:1; Genesis 35:9)

b. appear, of man, = present oneself (Genesis 46:29; Judges 13:10; 1 Kings 18:1)

c. appear, of things (Genesis 1:9; Genesis 8:5; Genesis 9:14)

2. be seen

a. subject thing (1 Kings 10:12; 2 Chronicles 9:11; Ezekiel 19:11)

b. subject person (2 Samuel 17:17)

c. be seen, = occur (2 Kings 23:24; Exodus 13:7; Deuteronomy 16:4)

3. be visible (Exodus 33:23; 1 Kings 6:18; 1 Kings 8:8)

Pu`al: probably corrupt (Job 33:21)

Hithpa`el: look at each other (Genesis 42:1; 2 Kings 14:11; 2 Chronicles 25:21)

Hiph`il

1.

a. shew, cause one to see something (Numbers 13:26; Judges 1:24; Judges 1:25)

b. cause to experience something (Habakkuk 1:3; Psalms 60:5; Psalms 71:20)

2. cause to look intently at, to behold

a. cause to gaze at (Psalms 50:23; Psalms 91:16)

b. in exultation, cause to feast one's eyes upon (Psalms 59:11)

c. in weakened sense, cause to behold (Deuteronomy 1:33)

Hoph`al

1. be caused to see, be shewn (Exodus 26:30; Exodus 25:40; Deuteronomy 4:35)

2. be exhibited to (Leviticus 13:49)

רַאֲוָה: see √ Qal Infinitive, and 8.a.(6) (Ezekiel 28:17)

Same root

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).