Proverbs 14:16:2Prov.14.16.W2TAB
יָ֭רֵא
yare
“fears or is afraid”
- Transliteration
- ya-RE
- Extended
- yaa-REE
- IPA
- /jaːˈreː(ʔ)/
Meaning by language
- English
- fears or is 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
- clause
kha-KHAM ya-RE ve-SAR me-RA
- sentence
kha-KHAM ya-RE ve-SAR me-RA u-khe-SIL mit-e-AB-ber u-vo-TE-akh
Exegesis
It is followed by the coordinated participles yare {יָרֵא | yā-rēʾ} ‘fears’ and sar {סָר | sār} ‘turns aside’, each introduced by the conjunction vav to denote characteristic actions.
Root and etymology
“to fear, revere”
In context — Proverbs 14:16
A wise person fears and turns away from evil, but the fool boils over and is confident.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 14:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 14:16, so the Hebrew word יָ֭רֵא (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 Prov.14.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.14.16.W2.S1) and character.