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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יָרֵא

יָרֵא

H3372

Transliteration: yârêʼ

Pronunciation: yaw-ray'

Definition: affright


Original: ירא

Transliteration: yârê'

Phonetic: yaw-ray'

BDB Definition:

  1. to fear, revere, be afraid
    1. (Qal)
      1. to fear, be afraid
      2. to stand in awe of, be awed
      3. to fear, reverence, honour, respect
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
      2. to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
      3. to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
    3. (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
  2. (TWOT) to shoot, pour

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 907,908

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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