יָרָא
ya.ra
“to shoot”
Definition
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא; a primitive root;
- to shoot, pour 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shoot arrows 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to shoot at 1b2) part. shooter, archer 1c) to throw water, rain
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Occurrences
יָרָא appears 67 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
And many nations will come and say:“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,to the house of the God of Jacob.He will teach us His ways,so that we may walk in His paths.”For the law will go forth from Zionand the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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