יָרַע
yara · be grieved, go badly
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3415 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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yara (יָרַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be grieved, go badly”.
To be bad, to go badly; said of the heart or spirit, to be distressed or grieved.
How to say it
ya·ra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To shudder with fear or anguish.
- Turn out badly; be saddened; cause damage.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- it will go ill ×1
- sad ×1
- trembles ×1
- will do us more harm ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Samuel 1:8
And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
- 2 Samuel 20:6
David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. You take the servants of your lord and pursue him, or he will find for himself fortified cities and escape our eye.”
- Job 20:26
All darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not blown will devour him; it will go ill with the survivor in his tent.
- Isaiah 15:4
And Heshbon cries out, and Elealeh; as far as Jahaz their voice is heard; therefore the armed men of Moab shout; his soul trembles within him.