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title: מוֹרָא — fear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹרָא (4172), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: fear. BDB 1906: n.m. fear. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹרָא

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«מוֹרָא» 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 4172 · **BDB:** מוֹרָא

### Glosses

fear (6); terror (4); be\].your.fear (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4172/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4172/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dt 4:34 fear, מ׳ Mal 2:5 + 3 times; מֹרָא Dt 26:8; sfs. מוֹרָאִי Mal 1:6; מוֹרָאוֹ Is 8:12; מוֹרַאֲכֶם v 13 + 2 times; pl. מוֹרָאִים Dt 4:34;— fear, terror, ‖ חַת Gn 9:2 (P); ‖ פַּחַד Dt 11:25. reverence: אַיֵּה מוֹרָאִי where is the reverence due to me Mal 1:6. object of reverence, especially God Is 8:12, 13 ψ 76:12; ‖ בְּרִית Mal 2:5. awe-inspiring spectacle or deed (ה)מ׳ (ה)גּדול(ים) Dt 4:34; 26:8; 34:12 Je 32:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹרָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4172/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 9:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.9.21/)

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שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מוֹרָ֗ה לָ֫הֶ֥ם יֵדְע֥וּ גוֹיִ֑ם אֱנ֖וֹשׁ הֵ֣מָּה סֶּֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* appoint O.Yahweh terror for them may.they.know \[the\].nations \[are\].human.being\[s\] they Selah

*JPS 1917:* Set terror over them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.

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[Isaiah 8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.13/)

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אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֹת֣וֹ תַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ וְה֥וּא מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם וְה֥וּא מַֽעֲרִֽצְכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* (et) Yahweh of.hosts him you.will.regard.as.holy and he be\].your.fear \[will and he \[will be.the.one.whom\].you.regard.with.awe

*JPS 1917:* The LORD of hosts, Him shall ye sanctify; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.

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