יָרֵ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָרֵ֥א

   ya-RE

   fearing or afraid of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יָרֵ֥א אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה

   ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH

   fearing or afraid of the LORD
3. clause🔊 וְעַבְדְּךָ֛ יָרֵ֥א אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה מִנְּעֻרָֽי׃

   ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI

   and your servant fearing or afraid of the LORD from my youth
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיָ֞ה אֲנִ֣י אֵלֵ֣ךְ מֵאִתָּ֗ךְ וְר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֤ה יִֽשָּׂאֲךָ֙ עַ֚ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־אֵדָ֔ע וּבָ֨אתִי לְהַגִּ֧יד לְאַחְאָ֛ב וְלֹ֥א יִֽמְצָאֲךָ֖ וַהֲרָגָ֑נִי וְעַבְדְּךָ֛ יָרֵ֥א אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה מִנְּעֻרָֽי׃

   ve-ha-YA a-NI e-LEKH me-i-TAKH ve-RU-akh ye-ho-VAH yis-SA-a-kha AL a-SHER lo-E-DA u-va-TI le-ha-GID le-akh-AV ve-LO yim-tsa-A-kha va-ha-ra-GA-ni ve-av-de-KHA ya-RE et-ye-ho-VAH min-ne-u-RAI

   and it will be I I will go from with you or from you and the spirit of the LORD will carry you to or upon which or where I do not know and I will come to tell to Ahab and not he will find you and he will kill me and your servant fearing or afraid of the LORD from my youth

Exegesis

The final clause wə-ʿă-bə-dəkha yārēʾ ʼeṯ-Yə-hō-wāh min-nə-ʿūrāy {וְעַבְדְּךָ֛ יָרֵ֥א אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה מִנְּעֻרָֽי | wə-ʿă-ḇə-dəkha yārēʾ ʼeṯ-Yə-hō-wāh min-nə-ʿūrāy} ‘and your servant fears the LORD from my youth’ contrasts the potential threats with lifelong reverence.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 י־ר־אyod–resh–aleph

“to fear, revere”