Verb – PA'AL
Root: י - ר - א
The initial radical of this word disappears or turns into a vowel in inflected forms.
The final radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.
Verb form | Person | Singular | Plural | ||
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Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Present tense / Participle | יָרֵא yare I / you m. sg. / he / it fear(s) | יְרֵאָה yere'a I / you f. sg. / she / it fear(s) | יְרֵאִים yere'im we / you m. pl. / they m. fear | יְרֵאוֹת yere'ot we / you f. pl. / they f. fear | |
Past tense | 1st | יָרֵאתִי yareti I feared | יָרֵאנוּ yarenu we feared | ||
2nd | יָרֵאתָ yareta you m. sg. feared | יָרֵאת yaret you f. sg. feared | יְרֵאתֶם yeretem you m. pl. feared The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: יָרֵאתֶם yaretem | יְרֵאתֶן yereten you f. pl. feared The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: יָרֵאתֶן yareten | |
3rd | יָרֵא yare he / it feared | יָרְאָה yar'a she / it feared | יָרְאוּ yar'u they feared | ||
Future tense | 1st | אִירָא ira I will fear | נִירָא nira we will fear | ||
2nd | תִּירָא tira you m. sg. will fear | תִּירְאִי tir'i you f. sg. will fear | תִּירְאוּ tir'u you m. pl. will fear | תִּירֶאנָה tirena you f. pl. will fear In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּירְאוּ tir'u | |
3rd | יִירָא yira he / it will fear | תִּירָא tira she / it will fear | יִירְאוּ yir'u they m. will fear | תִּירֶאנָה tirena they f. will fear In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִירְאוּ yir'u | |
Imperative | יְרָא! yera! (to a man) fear! | יִרְאִי! yir'i! (to a woman) fear! | יִרְאוּ! yir'u! (to men) fear! | יְרֶאנָה! yerena! (to women) fear! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִרְאוּ! yir'u! | |
Infinitive | לִירֹא ~ לירוא liro to fear |
Word | Root | Part of speech | Meaning |
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הוֹרָאָה | י - ר - א | Noun – haktala pattern, feminine | instruction, order; teaching |
לְהִתְייָרֵא | י - ר - א | Verb – hitpa'el | to be afraid, to fear, to be in awe (lit.) |
נוֹרָא | י - ר - א | Adjective – niktal pattern | terrible, terrific, awe-inspiring; terribly, extremely (when used as an adverb) |
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