יָרָה

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא; a primitive root;

KJV Usage

([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to throw, shoot, cast, pour
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be shot
• 4.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yârâh; Pronunciation: yaw-raw'