ירה

Hebrew

Root
י־ר־ה (y-r-h)

Pronunciation

• 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. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H3384 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• 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, page 32 seqq.