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title: ירה — throw · The Tanakh dictionary
description: ירה (lemma:ירה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: throw. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# ירה

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«ירה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **throw** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:ירה · **BDB:** יָרַהּ

### Glosses

fear (1); he.will.be.watered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

throw [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5e8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5e8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Impf. 3 mpl. תִּרְהוּ Is 44:8 (van d. H. Baer, but prob. תִּֽרְהוּ si vera l., so Thes);? be stupefied (cf. Arabic وَرِهَ, Thes al.), but Frey fatuus et stolidus fuit; תִּֽרְאוּ from ירא (‖ פחד).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «ירה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5e8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.25/)

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נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּרָכָ֥ה תְדֻשָּׁ֑ן וּ֝מַרְוֶ֗ה גַּם־ה֥וּא יוֹרֶֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.blessing he.will.be.made.fat and \[one.who\].gives.water also he he.will.be.watered

*JPS 1917:* The beneficent soul shall be made rich, and he that satisfieth abundantly shall be satisfied also himself.

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[Isaiah 44:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.8/)

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אַֽל־תִּפְחֲדוּ֙ וְאַל־תִּרְה֔וּ הֲלֹ֥א מֵאָ֛ז הִשְׁמַעְתִּ֥יךָ וְהִגַּ֖דְתִּי וְאַתֶּ֣ם עֵדָ֑י הֲיֵ֤שׁ אֱל֙וֹהַּ֙ מִבַּלְעָדַ֔י וְאֵ֥ין צ֖וּר בַּל־יָדָֽעְתִּי׃

*Word for word:* do.not be.in.dread and do.not fear ? not from then did I.proclaim.to.you and did.I.declare and you witnesses \[are\].my \[is\] there? a.god (from) except me and there.\[is\].not a.rock not I.know

*JPS 1917:* Fear ye not, neither be afraid; have I not announced unto thee of old, and declared it? And ye are My witnesses. Is there a God beside Me? Yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.

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