1 Samuel 20:37:61 Sam.20.37.W6TAB
יָרָ֖ה
yara
“had shot”
- Transliteration
- ya-RA
- Extended
- yaa-RAA
- IPA
- /jaˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- had shot
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-RA
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER ya-RA
- clause
va-ya-BO ha-NA-ar ad-me-KOM ha-KHE-tsi a-SHER ya-RA ye-ho-NA-tan
- sentence
va-ya-BO ha-NA-ar ad-me-KOM ha-KHE-tsi a-SHER ya-RA ye-ho-NA-tan va-yik-RA ye-ho-NA-tan a-kha-RE ha-NA-ar va-yo-MER ha-lo-O ha-KHE-tsi mim-me-KHA va-ha-le-A
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer yārāh yəhōnāṯān {אֲשֶׁר יָרָה יְהוֹנָתָן | ʾăšer yārāh yəhōnāṯān} ‘which Jonathan had shot’ locates the arrow as a reference point.
Root and etymology
Rooty-r-h
“to shoot, throw, cast”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:37
And the boy came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, and Jonathan called to the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:37:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 20:37, so the Hebrew word יָרָ֖ה (yara) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.20.37.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.37.W6.S1) and character.