יָרָה yârâh

Meaning

properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach

In the King James Version: ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.

Derivation: or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא; a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 31:51 Laban also said to Jacob, “Here is the mound, and here is the pillar I have set up between you and me.
• Genesis 46:28 Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
• Exodus 4:12 Now go! I will help you as you speak, and I will teach you what to say.”
• Exodus 4:15 You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
• Exodus 15:4 Pharaoh’s chariots and army He has cast into the sea; the finest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea.
• Exodus 15:25 And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
• Exodus 19:13 No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
• Exodus 24:12 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
• Exodus 35:34 And the LORD has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
• Leviticus 10:11 so that you may teach the Israelites all the statutes that the LORD has given them through Moses.”
• Leviticus 14:57 to determine when something is clean or unclean. This is the law regarding skin diseases and mildew.”
• Numbers 21:30 But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
• Deuteronomy 17:10 You must abide by the verdict they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you,
• Deuteronomy 17:11 according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
• Deuteronomy 24:8 In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
• Deuteronomy 33:10 He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
• Joshua 18:6 When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.
• Judges 13:8 Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
• 1 Samuel 12:23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
• 1 Samuel 20:20 I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
• 1 Samuel 20:36 He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
• 1 Samuel 20:37 When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
• 1 Samuel 31:3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.
• 2 Samuel 11:20 if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
• 2 Samuel 11:24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s servants were killed. And your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.”
• 1 Kings 8:36 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
• 2 Kings 12:2 And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
• 2 Kings 13:17 “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”
• 2 Kings 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
• 2 Kings 17:28 Thus one of the priests they had carried away came and lived in Bethel, and he began to teach them how they should worship the LORD.
• 2 Kings 19:32 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
• 1 Chronicles 10:3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.
• 2 Chronicles 6:27 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
• 2 Chronicles 15:3 For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.
• 2 Chronicles 26:15 And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
• 2 Chronicles 35:23 There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”
• Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
• Job 8:10 Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
• Job 12:7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.
• Job 12:8 Or speak to the earth, and it will teach you; let the fish of the sea inform you.
• Job 27:11 I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.
• Job 30:19 He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
• Job 34:32 Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
• Job 38:6 On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,
• Psalms 11:2 For behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrow on the string to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
• Psalms 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
• Psalms 25:12 Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
• Psalms 27:11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
• Psalms 32:8 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.
• Psalms 45:4 In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
• Psalms 64:4 ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.
• Psalms 64:7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
• Psalms 86:11 Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
• Psalms 119:33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.
• Psalms 119:102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
• Proverbs 4:4 he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
• Proverbs 4:11 I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
• Proverbs 6:13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
• Proverbs 11:25 A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
• Proverbs 26:18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,