Hebrew verb · H3384
יָרָה
yarahyaw-raw'
to shoot; to show
80 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yârâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3384is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 21 of 39Old Testament books
- 74spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3384
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
The King James renders it: ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yarah is rendered "to shoot; to show". It stands 80 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-one books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to shoot".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 31:51Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
- The Greek text spells it seventy-four different ways.
The first use
Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
Genesis 31:51יָרִ֖יתִי
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to shoot, and to show.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to shootStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 31:51Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound… |
| to showStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the archers5
- teach me4
- so he may teach us3
- to shoot3
- and I will teach2
- and I will teach you2
- and they shot arrows2
- and to teach2
- he teaches him2
- he will shoot2
- so it may teach you2
- teaches2
and 47 more, 80 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 80, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
74 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣י2
- וּלְהוֹרֹ֖ת2
- וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּ2
- יוֹרֶ֥ה2
- יוֹר֔וּ2
- תוֹרֵ֛ם2
- אוֹרֶ֑ה1
- אוֹרֶ֣ה1
- הוֹרָ֔הוּ1
- ה֭וֹרוּנִי1
- ה֤וֹרֵ֥נִי1
- ה֘וֹרֵ֤נִי1
and 62 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular7HVhi3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural5HVhi3mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular5HVhrmsa
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular4HVhv2ms/Sp1bs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVqp3ms
- HC/Vhu3fs/Sp2ms3HC/Vhu3fs/Sp2ms
- HC/Vhu3ms/Sp1bp3HC/Vhu3ms/Sp1bp
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/Vqcc
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural3HTd/Vhrmpa
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular3HVhi3mp/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)2HC/R/Vhcc
- Hc/Vhq1cs2Hc/Vhq1cs
Genesis
two uses
Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
- יָרִ֖יתִיyaritiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have set up
Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
- לְהוֹרֹ֥תlehorotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to show
Exodus
eight uses
Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
- וְהוֹרֵיתִ֖יךָvehoreitikhaHc/Vhq1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I will teach you
You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
- וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣יvehoreitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will teach
Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- יָרָ֣הyarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has thrown
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
- וַיּוֹרֵ֤הוּvaiyorehuHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he showed him
No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
- יָרֹ֣הyarohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to shot
- יִיָּרֶ֔הyiyarehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be shot
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
- לְהוֹרֹתָֽם׃lehorotampreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to teach them
And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
- וּלְהוֹרֹ֖תulehorotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to teach
Leviticus
two uses
so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
- וּלְהוֹרֹ֖תulehorotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to teach
to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”
- לְהוֹרֹ֕תlehorotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to teach
Numbers
one use
But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
- וַנִּירָ֛םvaniramHc/Vqw1cp/Sp3mptagged: and we shot at them
Deuteronomy
four uses
You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,
- יוֹרֽוּךָ׃yorukhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they will instruct you
according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
- יוֹר֗וּךָyorukhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they will instruct you
In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
- יוֹר֨וּyoruverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will instruct
He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
- יוֹר֤וּyoruverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will teach
Joshua
one use
When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
- וְיָרִ֨יתִיveyaritiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will throw
Judges
one use
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
- וְיוֹרֵ֕נוּveyorenuHC/Vhu3ms/Sp1bptagged: so he may teach us
1 Samuel
seven uses
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
- וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣יvehoreitiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will teach
I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
- אוֹרֶ֑הʾorehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will shoot
He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
- מוֹרֶ֑הmorehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to shoot
- יָרָ֥הyarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he shot
When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
- יָרָ֖הyarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had shot
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
- הַמּוֹרִ֖יםhamorimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the archers
- מֵהַמּוֹרִֽים׃mehamorimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: from the archers
2 Samuel
three uses
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
- יֹר֖וּyoruverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shoot
Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
- וַיֹּר֨וּvaiyoreuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they shot arrows
- הַמּוֹרִ֤יםhamorimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the archers
1 Kings
one use
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
- תוֹרֵ֛םtoremverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you will teach them
2 Kings
six uses
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
- הוֹרָ֔הוּhorahuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he instructed him
“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”
- יְרֵה֙yerehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: shoot
- וַיּ֔וֹרvaiyorHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he shot
Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
- וְיֹרֵ֕םveyoremHC/Vhu3ms/Sp3mptagged: so he may teach them
Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
- מוֹרֶ֣הmorehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: teaching
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
- יוֹרֶ֥הyorehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will shoot
1 Chronicles
two uses
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
- הַמּוֹרִ֣יםhamorimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the archers
- הַיּוֹרִֽים׃haiyorimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the archers
2 Chronicles
five uses
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
- תוֹרֵ֛םtoremverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you will direct them
For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.
- מוֹרֶ֖הmorehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: teaches
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.
- לִירוֹא֙liro'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shoot
There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”
- וַיֹּרוּ֙vaiyoruHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they shot arrows
- הַיֹּרִ֔יםhaiyorimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the archers
Job
eight uses
Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
- ה֭וֹרוּנִיhoruniverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: teach me
Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
- י֭וֹרוּךָyorukhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will they instruct you
But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
- וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּvetorekaHC/Vhu3fs/Sp2mstagged: so it may teach you
Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
- וְתֹרֶ֑ךָּvetorekaHC/Vhu3fs/Sp2mstagged: so it may teach you
I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
- אוֹרֶ֣הʾorehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will instruct
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
- הֹרָ֥נִיhoraniverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he has thrown me
Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
- הֹרֵ֑נִיhoreniverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: instruct me
On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
- יָ֝רָ֗הyarahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he lay
Psalms
twelve uses
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
- לִיר֥וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shoot
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- יוֹרֶ֖הyorehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he teaches
Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
- י֝וֹרֶ֗נּוּyorenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he teaches him
Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
- ה֤וֹרֵ֥נִיhoreniverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: teach me
I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
- וְֽאוֹרְךָ֗veorkhaHC/Vhu1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I will teach you
In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
- וְתוֹרְךָ֖vetorkhaHC/Vhu3fs/Sp2mstagged: and let it teach you
ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
- לִיר֣וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to shoot
- יֹ֝רֻ֗הוּyoruhuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they shoot at him
But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
- וַיֹּרֵ֗םvaiyoremHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he shot at them
Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
- ה֘וֹרֵ֤נִיhoreniverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: teach me
Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
- הוֹרֵ֣נִיhoreniverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: teach me
I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
- הוֹרֵתָֽנִי׃horetaniverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you have taught me
Proverbs
five uses
he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
- וַיֹּרֵ֗נִיvaiyoreniHc/Vhw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he taught me
I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
- הֹרֵתִ֑יךָhoretikhaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I taught you
winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
- מֹ֝רֶ֗הmorehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: pointing
A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- יוֹרֶֽא׃yore'verb · causative passive (hophal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be given water
Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
- הַיֹּרֶ֥הhaiyorehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who throws
Isaiah
five uses
And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- וְיֹרֵ֙נוּ֙veyorenuHC/Vhu3ms/Sp1bptagged: so he may teach us
The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
- מֽוֹרֶה־moreh-verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: teaches
Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
- יוֹרֶ֣הyorehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he teach
For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
- יוֹרֶֽנּוּ׃yorenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he teaches him
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
- יוֹרֶ֥הyorehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will shoot
Ezekiel
one use
They are to teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to discern between the clean and the unclean.
- יוֹר֔וּyoruverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will instruct
Hosea
two uses
So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- י֥וֹרֶהyorehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it waters
Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- וְיֹרֶ֥הveyorehHC/Vhu3mstagged: and he may rain down
Micah
two uses
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
- יוֹר֔וּyoruverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they teach
And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
- וְיוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙veyorenuHC/Vhu3ms/Sp1bptagged: so he may teach us
Habakkuk
two uses
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
- וּמ֣וֹרֶהumorehconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and teaches
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
- יוֹרֶ֔הyorehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will it teach
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