Word Study · Strong's H3415 · Hebrew

יָרַע

yara

yaw-rah'

Strong's 1890 spelling: yâraʻ

“properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear

Rendered in the KJV as

be grevious (only Isaiah 15:4; the rest belong to H7489 (רָעַע)).

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

יֵרַ֣ע1
יָ֥רְעָה1

How it is rendered · 2

is sad1
it is trembling1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 2

verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVqi3ms · 1
HVqp3fs · 1

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Samuel1 of 2 · 50%
Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%

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1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 1:8יֵרַ֣עyera'verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular“Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”here: is sad

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 15:4יָ֥רְעָהyareahverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularHeshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.here: it is trembling

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