H3384aVerb33 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Exodus 15:4יָרָה
Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
- 1 Samuel 31:3הַמּוֹרִים
When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
- 2 Samuel 11:24הַמּוֹרִים
Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
- 2 Kings 13:17יְרֵה
“Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”
- 2 Chronicles 26:15לִירוֹא
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
- Psalm 11:2לִירוֹת
For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
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Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.