Genesis 19:30:10Gen.19.30.W10TAB
יָרֵ֖א
yare
“he was afraid”
- Transliteration
- ya-RE
- Extended
- yah-REH
- IPA
- /jaː.ˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he was afraid
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-RE
- phraseyour reading level
KI ya-RE
- clause
va-ya-AL LOT mits-TSO-ar va-YE-shev ba-HAR ush-TEI ve-no-TAV im-MO KI ya-RE la-SHE-vet be-TSO-ar
- sentence
va-ya-AL LOT mits-TSO-ar va-YE-shev ba-HAR ush-TEI ve-no-TAV im-MO KI ya-RE la-SHE-vet be-TSO-ar va-YE-shev bam-me-a-RA HU ush-TEI ve-no-TAV
Exegesis
A causal clause introduced by ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for/because’ links yare {יָרֵא | yā-rēʾ} ‘he was afraid’ and lashevet {לָשֶׁבֶת | lā-še-ḇeṯ} ‘to dwell’ in Zoar, motivating the relocation.
Root and etymology
y-r-ʾyod–resh–aleph
“to fear, to revere”
In context — Genesis 19:30
Lot went up from Zoar and settled in the mountain, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar, so he lived in the cave , he and his two daughters.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:30:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 19:30, so the Hebrew word יָרֵ֖א (yare) 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 Gen.19.30.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.30.W10.S1) and character.