ירה

ירה

Hebrew

Root
י־ר־ה‎

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /jaˈʁa/

Verb

יָרָה • (yará) (pa'al construction, infinitive לִירוֹת‎, future יִירֶה‎)

1. To flow as water (that is, to rain).
2. To lay or throw; especially, to shoot, as an arrow or gun.
3. (figuratively) To point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach.

Conjugation

Conjugation of יָרָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לִירוֹת‎ action noun: יְרִיָּה‎ passive participle: יָרוּי‎
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	יָרִיתִי‎		יָרִינוּ‎
	second	יָרִיתָ‎	יָרִית‎	יְרִיתֶם‎1	יְרִיתֶן‎1
	third	יָרָה	יָרְתָה‎	יָרוּ‎
present		יוֹרֶה‎	יוֹרָה‎	יוֹרִים‎	יוֹרוֹת‎
future	first	אִירֶה‎		נִירֶה‎
	second	תִּירֶה‎	תִּירִי‎	תִּירוּ‎	תִּירֶינָה‎2
	third	יִירֶה‎	תִּירֶה‎	יִירוּ‎	תִּירֶינָה‎2
imperative		יְרֵה	יְרִי‎	יְרוּ‎	יְרֶינָה‎2
notes		Pronounced יָרִיתֶם‎ and יָרִיתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H3384 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Widder, Wendy L. (2014) “To Teach” in Ancient Israel. A Cognitive Linguistic Study of a Biblical Hebrew Lexical Set (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 456), Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 32 seqq.