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Hebrew wordlink #281116

OSHB Ecc 9:2 יָרֵא (yārēʼ) Strongs=3372 Lemma=‘יָרֵא’
contextual word gloss=‘[one]_fearing’ word gloss=‘fearing’
Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-977

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Other uses (8) of identical word form יָרֵא (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יָרֵא’ (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 6 different glosses: ‘[am]_fearing’, ‘[are]_afraid’, ‘[is]_fearing’, ‘[one]_fearing’, ‘fearing’, ‘he_has_feared’.

GEN 32:12 contextual word gloss=‘[am]_fearing’ word gloss=‘fearing’ OSHB GEN 32:12 word 8

OET-LV: 12  deliver_me please from_the _hand _of my_brother/kindred from_the _hand _of ˊĒsāv if/because am_fearing I DOM_him/it lest he _should _come and_he_will _attack _me mother with children. (GEN_32:12)

OET-RV: 12 But you said, ‘I will surely cause things to prosper with you, and I’ll make your descendants as numerous as the sand grains on the beach which are too many to be counted.’ ” (GEN 32:12)

GEN 42:18 contextual word gloss=‘[am]_fearing’ word gloss=‘fearing’ OSHB GEN 42:18 word 12

OET-LV: 18 And_he/it _said to_them Yōşēf in _the_day the_third this do and_live DOM the_ʼElohīm I am_fearing. (GEN_42:18)

OET-RV: 18 On the third day, Yosef told them, “I’m a man who reveres God. So if you do exactly what I say, I’ll let you live. (GEN 42:18)

JDG 7:10 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_afraid’ word gloss=‘fearing’ OSHB JDG 7:10 word 2

OET-LV: 10 And_if are_afraid you to_go _down go _down you and_Furāh servant _of_your to the_camp. (JDG_7:10)

OET-RV: 10 But if you’re afraid to attack, take your servant Purah down to their camp (JDG 7:10)

2 KI 4:1 contextual word gloss=‘fearing’ word gloss=‘fearing’ OSHB 2 KI 4:1 word 18

OET-LV: 4 and_a _woman one of_the _wives _of of _the _sons _of of_the _prophets she _cried _out to ʼElīshāˊ to_say servant _of_your husband _of_my he _is _dead and_you(ms) you _know if/because _that servant _of_your he _was fearing DOM YHWH and_the_creditor is_about _to _come to_take/accept/receive DOM the _two _of children _of_my to_him/it to_slaves. (KI2_4:1)

OET-RV: 4 One day a woman who was a wife of one of the prophets-in-training, called out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, died, and you yourself know that your servant served Yahweh. Now the moneylender has come to take two of my children in payment to become his slaves.” (KI2 4:1)

PSA 112:1 contextual word gloss=‘fearing’ word gloss=‘fearing’ OSHB PSA 112:1 word 5

OET-LV: 112 Praise Yah how _blessed is_a _person fearing DOM YHWH in_his _of_commands he _delights exceedingly. (PSA_112:1)

OET-RV: 112 Praise Yahweh.
⇔ Any person who respects Yahweh’s instructions will be blessed—
⇔ ≈ anyone who greatly delights in his commands. (PSA 112:1)

PROV 14:16 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_fearing’ word gloss=‘fearing’ OSHB PROV 14:16 word 2

OET-LV: 16 A _wise_person is_fearing and_turning _aside from_evil and_a _fool is_arrogant and_confident. (PRO_14:16)

OET-RV: 16 A wise person fears trouble and turns away from it,
⇔ ^ but a stupid one is careless and overconfident. (PRO 14:16)

ECC 8:13 contextual word gloss=‘he_has_feared’ word gloss=‘fearing’ OSHB ECC 8:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 And_good not it _will _belong to_wicked and_not he _will _prolong days like_shadow that not_he he _has _feared from_to/for_face/front/presence god. (ECC_8:13)

OET-RV: 13 It won’t go well for the wicked and what they do won’t help them live longer
⇔ because they’ve shown no respect for God’s presence. (ECC 8:13)

DAN 1:10 contextual word gloss=‘[am]_fearing’ word gloss=‘fearing’ OSHB DAN 1:10 word 5

OET-LV: 10 And_ the _chief _of _he/it _said the_officials to/for_Dāniyy^ʼēl am_fearing I DOM my_master the_king who he _has _assigned DOM your(pl)_food and_DOM your(pl)_drink that to/for_what will _he _see DOM your(pl)_faces looking _thin more _than the_youths who are_about_your _of_age and_you(pl)_will _endanger DOM my_head to_king. (DAN_1:10)

OET-RV: 10 but he queried, “I’m afraid of my master the king, who’s assigned your food and drink—if he saw you guys looking worse than the others of your own age then I’d risk losing my head if the king got angry.” (DAN 1:10)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘יָרֵא’’ have 13 different glosses: ‘[am]_fearing’, ‘[are]_afraid’, ‘[is]_fearful’, ‘[is]_fearing’, ‘[one]_fearing’, ‘[was_he]_fearing’, ‘fearing’, ‘has_he_feared’, ‘he_feared’, ‘he_fears’, ‘he_has_feared’, ‘he_was_afraid’, ‘it_feared’.