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title: יִרְאָה — fear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִרְאָה (3374), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 44 times: fear. BDB 1906: n.f. fear. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִרְאָה

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«יִרְאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fear** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 44 times · **Key:** 3374 · **BDB:** יִרְאָה

### Glosses

the.fear (25); fear (16); a.fear (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3374/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3374/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. fear;—יר׳ Ez 30:13 + 6 times; cstr. יִרְאַת Gn 20:11 + 27 times; sf. יִרְאָתִי Je 32:40; יִרְאָתוֹ Ex 20:20; יִרְאָֽתְךָ Jb 4:6 + 3 times; יִרְאָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 5:8 + 2 times;— fear, terror Is 7:25 Ez 30:13; י׳ גְדוֹלָה great fear Jon 1:10, 16; ‖ פַּחַד Dt 2:25; ‖ רעד(ה) ψ 2:11; 55:6. a terror = obj. of terror, ‖ גֹּבַהּ Ez 1:18 (del. Co). fear of God, reverence, piety יִרְאַת אֱלֹהִים Gn 20:11 (E), 2 S 23:3 Ne 5:15; יר׳ שַׁדַּי Jb 6:14; יר׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ Ne 5:9; יר׳ יהוה 2 Ch 19:9 Is 11:3; 33:6 ψ 34:12 Pr 10:27; 14:26, 27; 15:16; 19:23; 22:4; 23:17; ‖ the knowledge (of God) Pr 1:29; 2:5 Is 11:2; is the beginning of wisdom ψ 111:10 Pr 9:10, and knowledge 1:7; the instruction of wisdom 15:33, is to hate evil 8:13, and it involves departing from evil 16:6; י׳ אֲדֹנָי is wisdom Jb 28:28; יִרְאָה is defined by context 15:4; with sfs. these are usually obj., fear of him Ex 20:20 (E), of thee ψ 5:8; 90:11; 119:38 Is 63:17, of me Je 32:40, but subj., thy fear (i.e. thy religion) Jb 4:6; 22:4. יִרְאַת יהוֹה ψ 19:10 the fear of י׳ = the law as revered.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 42 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִרְאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3374/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.2.5/)

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אָ֗ז תָּ֭בִין יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת אֱלֹהִ֣ים תִּמְצָֽא׃

*Word for word:* then you.will.discern the.fear of.Yahweh and the.knowledge of.God you.will.find

*JPS 1917:* Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

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[Proverbs 9:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.10/)

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תְּחִלַּ֣ת חָ֭כְמָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וְדַ֖עַת קְדֹשִׁ֣ים בִּינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is.the\].beginning of.wisdom the.fear of.Yahweh and.\[the\] knowledge of.\[the\].holy.\[one(s)\] \[is\].understanding

*JPS 1917:* The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the All-holy is understanding.

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