רָאָה
to see
also: look at, inspect, perceive, consider fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘see’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘appear’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause one to see something’
- Hithpael
- The reflexive or reciprocal stem (the subject acts on itself). Here: ‘recipr. look at each other’
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”). Here: ‘be caused to see’
- Qal Passive
- An archaic passive of the Qal, preserved in a few forms.
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H7200 appears in the Book of Joshua — 16 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Joshua
- Joshua 2:1 רְא֥וּ Qal impv 2mp Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
- Joshua 3:3 כִּ/רְאֽוֹתְ/כֶ֗ם prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 2mp and they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.
- Joshua 5:6 הַרְאוֹתָ֣/ם Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3mp For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh: to whom Yahweh swore that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- Joshua 5:13 וַ/יַּ֔רְא conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?
- Joshua 6:2 רְאֵה֙ Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to Joshua, Behold, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king of it, and the mighty men of valor.
- Joshua 7:21 ו/אראה וָ/אֵ֣רֶא conj + Qal wimpf 1cs conj + Qal wimpf 1cs when I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
- Joshua 8:1 רְאֵ֣ה Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;
- Joshua 8:4 רְ֠אוּ Qal impv 2mp He commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; don't go very far from the city, but be all ready:
- Joshua 8:8 רְא֖וּ Qal impv 2mp It shall be, when you have seized on the city, that you shall set the city on fire; according to the word of Yahweh shall you do: behold, I have commanded you.
- Joshua 8:14 כִּ/רְא֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs It happened, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the Arabah; but he didn't know that there was an ambush against him behind the city.
- Joshua 8:20 וַ/יִּרְא֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
- Joshua 8:21 רָא֗וּ Qal pf 3cp When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and killed the men of Ai.
- Joshua 22:28 רְא֣וּ Qal impv 2mp Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so tell us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.
- Joshua 23:3 רְאִיתֶ֗ם Qal pf 2mp and you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for Yahweh your God, he it is that has fought for you.
- Joshua 23:4 רְאוּ֩ Qal impv 2mp Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
- Joshua 24:7 וַ/תִּרְאֶ֨ינָה֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fp When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.
About this entry
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ראה (râʼâh) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “to see.” Read the stem: it spans 6 stems, including Qal and Niphal. Spanning 1,206 verses in 38 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 1:4. Related forms include מראה, מראה and ראה. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7200 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,206
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,206 distinct verses.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #27
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 27 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 1,206 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,206 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 517 verses · 43%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 366 verses · 30%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 323 verses · 27%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Saw 183×, See 141×, I saw 43×
- American Standard Version†: Saw 184×, See 122×, I saw 41×
- Berean Standard Bible†: See 188×, Saw 166×, I saw 34×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: See 265×, Saw 165×, And 152×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7200 across 1,312† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 283 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7200 across 1,316† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 358 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7200 across 1,266† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 294 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 31 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7200 across 1,632† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 194 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
49 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel), Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal), and Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 49 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
ראה I
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Gn 29:10 +, sf. וְרָֽאֲךָ consec. Ex 4:14, רָאָהוּ 2 K 2:12 +; 3 fs. רָֽאֲתָה Gn 38:14, sf. רָאָֽתְךָ Jb 42:5; 2 ms. רָאִיתָ Gn 20:10 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְאֶה 22:8 +, juss. יֵרֵא Gn 41:33 (Baer Gi, Ges§ 75 p, hh Köi.561; van d. H. יֵרֶא), יֵ֫רֶא Ex 5:21 +, וַיַּרְא Gn 18:2 + (1 S 19:20 read pl. 𝔊 Comm., i.e. וַיִּרְאֻ DrSm lxiii), sf. יִרְאַנִי Ex 33:20, וַיִּרְאֵ֑נִי 2 S 1:7; 3 fs. תִּרְאֶה Lv 20:17; Jb 33:28, juss. תֵּרֵא Mi 7:10; Zc 9:5 (Baer Gi, cf. Ges Kö supr.; van d. H. תֵּרֶא), וַתֵּ֫רֶא Gn 3:6 +; i s. אֶרְאֶה 21:16 +, וָאֵרֶא 31:10 +, etc.; Imv. רְאֵה 27:27 +, etc.; Inf. abs. רָאֹה Ex 3:7 +, רָאוֹ Gn 26:28; Is 6:9; cstr. רְאֹה Gn 48:11, רְאוֹת Ex 10:28 +, רַאֲוָה Ez 28:17, etc.; Pt. act. רֹאֶה Gn 13:15 +, etc.; pass. רְאֻיוֹת (Baer Gi; van d. H. רְאֻיּוֹת):— e.g. Genesis 29:10
- 1.
- a. see, subj. עַיִן, עֵינַיִם, c. acc. pers. Is 6:5; 30:20; Je 42:2 + 5 times Jb Pr; subj. pers., c. acc. pers. Gn 12:12, 15 + (מִי רָאָהוּ 1 S 23:22, read הַמְּהֵרָה 𝔊 Th We al. [not HPS]); רֹאִי 16:13 (pt. sf., cf.בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי v 14, p. 91 supr.); acc. of God 32:31 (פָּנִים אֶל־פָּנִים); acc. pers. om. 18:2; 19:1 +; c. acc. פְּנֵי 31:2; 46:30; 48:11; Ex 33:20, opp. אֶת־אֲחֹרָ֑י v 23; c. acc. פְּנֵי specif. of having access to man of rank Gn 43:3, 5 + (v. [פָּנֶה] 2 b). e.g. Isaiah 6:5
- b. see, c. acc. rei: subj. עַיִן, עֵינַיִם Jos 24:7 (E) 1 S 24:11 (van d. H. Baer; v 10 Gi), Dt 3:21 + 5 times Dt, +; וְעֵינָיו אֶת־עֵינָיו תִּרְאֶינָה Je 32:4, cf. 34:3; acc. om. 2 S 24:3 Dt 21:7 + 9 times (לִרְאוֹת 1 S 6:13 read לִקְרָאתוֹ 𝔊 We Dr Kit Bu HPS Now); subj. pers. Gn 13:15; 31:12 + very often; c. acc. cogn. מַרְאֶה Ex 3:3 + 7 times, מַרְאָה Dn 10:7(×2), 8, חָזוֹן 8:15, חֶזְיֹנוֹת Jo 3:1; hence see abs. = receive revelation, Is 30:10 (‖ חזה), cf.Ez 13:3 and v. 1. רֹאֶה; c.acc. עֶרְוָה, v. ע׳, p. 788 f.; see war, i.e. see it impending Ex 13:17 (E); ר׳ אֶת־הַקּוֹלֹת וְאֶת־הַלַּפִּידִים 20:18 (Gi v 15); רֹאֵי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Ec 7:11 those who see the sun = living men; acc. rei om. Ex 22:9;2 S 13:5 +, וָאֶרְאֶה בֶּחָזוֹן Dn 8:2(×2) (abs.); לֹא יֵדעוּ רְלֹא יִרְאוּ Ne 4:5; עֵינֵי רֹאִים Is 32:3, מְקוֹם רֹאִים Jb 34:26; c. adv. or adv. phr. instead of acc. rei: כָּהֵנָּה Gn 41:19 cf. Is 66:8; Ez 1:27(×2), כַּאֲשֶׁר 2 K 2:19; 2 Ch 29:8; 30:7; Jb 4:8; Ez 16:50; Dn 1:13, כֵּן ψ 48:9. e.g. Joshua 24:7
- 2. see, sq. acc. + cl. or phr. of closer design.: (1) + epex. cl. c. כִּי, acc. pers. Gn 6:2 saw them that they were fair, 12:14 (both J), Ex 2:2; 32:25 (both E), 1 K 11:28, acc. of face + id. Gn 31:5 (E), Ex 34:25 (P); acc. rei Gn 49:15 (poem), Is 22:9; Gn 1:4 (P), Ec 2:24; 4:4 and prob. 2 K 14:26 (reading כִּי מַר הוּא); (2) ר׳ כָּל־הַבָּא עָלָיו וְעָמָ֑ד 2 S 20:12; (3) + adj. (incl. pt.), acc. pers. Gn 7:1 (J), Am 9:1; 2 S 18:10 + 39 times (Je 46:5 del. ר׳ 𝔊 Gie), + acc. אֲשֶׁר Ex 14:13(×2) (J); acc. rei, †Ex 23:5; 33:10 (both E), Dt 22:4; Ez 33:3, 6; Dn 1:10; 8:4, 6, 7; †(4) + מָה, acc. rei Nu 13:18 (JE), Hg 2:3; †(5) + prep. phr., acc. pers. Ex 5:19 (J), Zc 4:10; Ec 10:7; Est 5:9; acc. rei + בִּכְבוֹדוֹ Hg 2:3, + ב pers. Je 23:13, 14, + כ pers. Ju 9:36, כ rei 2 S 18:27; (6) acc. pers. + adv. acc. + כ pers. Je 30:6. e.g. Genesis 6:2
- 3. see, so as to learn to know: c. acc. pers. Dt 33:9 (‖ הִכִּיר, יַדַע);c. acc. rei Dt 1:19, 31; 11:2; Jb 11:11 (‖ יַדַע), ψ 16:10; 49:10; = have experience of, Je 5:12; 14:13; 20:18; 42:14; Zp 3:15; ψ 89:49; Ec 5:17, שֵׁנָה בְּעֵינָיו אֵינֶנּוּ רֹאֶה Ec 8:16; מָה ראית Gn 20:10 i.e. what hast thou encountered, that …? BacherZAW xix (1899), 345 ff.; Terminol. 177 f. e.g. Deuteronomy 33:9
- 4. abs. see, have (power of) vision, Gn 27:1 (J), 48:10 (E), 1 S 3:2; 4:15; 1 K 14:4, miraculous 2 K 6:17(×2), 20(×2); denied of idols Dt 4:28 ψ 115:5; 135:16; fig. of spiritual vision Is 6:10; 29:18; 42:18; 44:18; Je 5:21; Dt 29:3; Ez 12:2(×2) ψ 40:13; 69:24; עַיִן רֹאָה Pr 20:12.—1 S 14:27 read Qr v. אור. e.g. Genesis 27:1
- 5. see = perceive:
- a. sq. cl. c. כִּי, Ex 3:4; 8:11; Gn 1:10, 12 + often (1 S 23:15 read וַיִּרָא and he feared We Dr Kit Bu HPS Now); om. כִּי (late) †La 1:10 ψ 49:11 Ec 3:16; sq. מָה of indirect question Gn 2:19 (J), 37:20 (E), Ju 9:48; Dt 32:20; Je 7:17; 33:24; Ez 8:6; Jon 4:5 +; בַּמָּה Ju 16:5 cf. 1 S 14:38, כַּמָּה Zc 2:6 ψ 35:17; sq. מִי of indirect question 1 S 14:17; Is 40:26; La 2:20 (+ הַבִּיטָה); sq. אֵי 1 S 26:16, אֵיכֹה 2 K 6:13, אֵיפֹה Je 3:2; sq. cl. c. הֲ whether, Gn 8:8; 18:21; Nu 11:23 (all J), Ex 4:18 (E), ψ 14:2; 53:3 Ct 6:11 b Est 3:4, אִם whether Je 30:6; La 1:12 ψ 139:24 Ct 7:13, אֲשֶׁר that or how 1 S 18:15, אֵי Ec 2:3, שֶׁ that v 13, שְׁ 3:18. e.g. Exodus 3:4
- b. c. acc. צָרַת נַפִשׁוֹ Gn 42:21 (i.e. saw it by out-ward signs), cf. Ho 5:13. [Note, under 5 (rarely in other cases, and only S K Je), †Imv. + ידע Imv.: דַּע וּרְאֵה 1 S 24:12; 2 S 24:13; 1 K 20:22; דְּעִי וּרְאִי 1 S 25:17; Je 2:19; דְּעוּ וּרְאוּ 1 S 12:17; 14:38; 23:22; 1 K 20:7; 2 K 5:7; in reverse order, רְאוּ וּדְעוּ 1 S 23:23; Je 5:1.]. e.g. Genesis 42:21
- 6. look at, see, by direct volition:
- a. subj. men, c. acc. rei, Gn 9:22, 23 (J), 42:9, 12 (E), Lv 13:3, 15 +; c. acc. of land = reconnoitre Jos 2:1; look at sun, etc., for worship †Dt 4:19; Jb 31:26; = inspect 1 K 9:12; Lv 14:36(×2); c. acc. pers. Nu 24:20, 21 (JE), Ex 2:25; Lv 13:3, 5 (all P), 1 S 9:16 +, (1 S 19:15 HPS proposes אֶל־בֵּית for לִרְאוֹת); c. prep. ר׳ אַחֲרִי רֹאִי Gn 16:13 (J) I have looked after one seeing me (interpr. v. Di). e.g. Genesis 9:22
- b. subj. God, c. acc. rei Gn 9:16 (P); = inspect 11:5 (J); look at with favour, acc. pers. Jb 37:24 ψ 138:6; so perhaps fig., subj. man, regard, c. acc. אָוֶן ψ 66:18 (Hup-Now; Che Bae Dr al. intend); look with pleasure (acc. om., + מִן by reason of, as a fruit of) Is 53:11 (si vera l.; ins. acc. אוֹר 𝔊 Houb Klo Du CheHpt Kit [perhaps], with Hiph. יַרְאֵה 𝔊 Du CheHpt, rescues from travail his soul, makes it see light). e.g. Genesis 9:16
- c. without acc., look, take a look, etc. (of man and God; often + וְהִנֵּה), Gn 8:13; 18:2;Ex 3:2; Lv 13:8; La 3:50 (מִן loc.), Gn 13:14 (מִן loc. + ה loc.), Dt 3:27; Ez 40:4; 44:5 (all בְּעֵינֶיךָ), + often; peculiarly, מִמֶּנִּי תִרְאוּ וְכֵן תַּעֲשׂוּ Ju 7:17 (cf. GFM). e.g. Genesis 8:13
- d. look after, see after, learn about, c. acc. rei Gn 37:14 (J), c. acc. pers. = visit (go to see) 1 S 15:35; 20:29; 2 S 13:5, 6; 2 K 8:29 = 2 Ch 22:6; 2 K 9:16, cf. Ez 20:28, עֵין רֹאִי Jb 7:8 (Di Bu al.). e.g. Genesis 37:14
- e. observe, watch, abs. 1 S 6:9, 16; 17:28; Ec 8:16 (‖ ידע). e.g. 1 Samuel 6:9
- f. look upon = endure to see, c. acc. rei Hb 1:13 (‖ הִבִּיט). e.g. Habakkuk 1:13
- g. look out, find out, acc. pers. 2 K 9:2; Gn 41:33 (E), + ל pers. 1 S 16:17; select, acc. pers. + מִן from among 2 K 10:3, + ב among + ל pers. 1 S 16:1; provide, furnish, c. acc. rei Dt 33:21 (poem), + ל pers. Gn 22:8 (E), cf. abs. י׳ יִרְאֶה as n.pr.loc. = י׳ seeth v 14 a (E;? read יֵרָאֶה, cf. v b, Niph. and Di); רְאֻיוֹת Est 2:9 looked out = suitable (as often NH). e.g. 2 Kings 9:2
- h. look at = concern oneself about, acc. rei (+ בְּיָדוֹ) Gn 39:23 (J). e.g. Genesis 39:23
- 7. of mental observation:
- a. Imv. see! observe! consider! exclam. (nearly = הִנֵּה), sq. cl.: Gn 27:27; 31:50 see! God is witness 39:14; 41:41; Ex 4:21; Dt 1:8 +; sq. nom. independ. 2 S 24:22 (‖ 1 Ch 21:23 sq. cl.). e.g. Genesis 27:27
- b. look at, i.e. inquire into, a matter, acc. rei om., of י׳, 1 S 24:16 (Gi v 15). e.g. 1 Samuel 24:16
- c. give attention to, acc. rei, Je 2:31, abs. give attention! 2 S 13:28; 2 K 6:32; Ex 25:40 ψ 45:11; take heed to, acc. rei, 1 K 12:16 = 2 Ch 10:16; abs. take heed! Ex 10:10, + פֶּן 2 K 10:23. e.g. Jeremiah 2:31
- d. discern, לִבִּי ר׳ חָכְמָה Ec 1:16, ר׳ טוֹב 3:13. e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:16
- e. distinguish, c. בֵּין … לְ of pers. Mal 3:18; e.g. Malachi 3:18
- f. consider, reflect, Ec 7:14 (sq. cl orat. rect.). e.g. Ecclesiastes 7:14
- 8.
- a. c. ב, lit., look into, hence look at with interest (Germ. ‘sich vertiefen in’): (1) gaze at 1 S 6:19 (on context v. We Dr HPS), so as to become acquainted with Gn 34:1 (P); so as to find out Ec 3:22; inspect liver (for omens) Ez 21:26; somewhat weakened = behold Jb 3:9; 2 Ch 7:3 ψ 64:9. (2) look at with kindness, helpfulness, of י׳, בָּעֳנִי Gn 29:32; 1 S 1:11 (+ inf. abs.), 2 S 16:12, בַּצַּר ψ 106:44. (3) upon a spectacle causing anger Ex 2:11 (E), grief Gn 21:16; (E), 44:34; Nu 11:15 (both J), 2 K 22:20 (subj. עֵינַיִם) = 2 Ch 34:28; Est 8:6(×2), abhorrence Is 66:24. (4) gaze at with apprehension Ec 11:4. (5) with joy, pleasure, 2 K 10:16; Mi 7:9; Je 29:32; Is 52:8 (עַיִן בְּעַיִן, cf. Niph. Nu 14:14); Jb 20:17; 33:28 ψ 54:9; 106:5; 128:5; Ct 3:11; 6:11 a Ec 2:1. (6) especially with exultation, triumph = feast eyes upon, sometimes gloat over enemies (cf. MI7) Ju 16:27; Mi 7:10; Ez 28:17 Ob 12, 13 ψ 22:18; 54:9; 112:8; 118:7. e.g. 1 Samuel 6:19
- b. c. אֶל Je 4:23. Is 17:7 (subj. עֵינַיִם; ‖ שָׁעָה עַל); עַל pers. Ex 5:21 (J); ר׳ עַל־הָאָבְנָ֑יִם Ex 1:16 v. [אֹבֶן] and Comm., also SpiegelbZA xiv (June 1900), 269 ff.. e.g. Jeremiah 4:23
- c. c. ל, הָאָדָם יִר׳ לַעֵינַיִם וְיהוה יִר׳ לַלֵּבָב 1 S 16:7, מִי יִרְאֶה־לָּ֑מוֹ ψ 64:6.—Corrupt is וּרְאִתַנִי כְתוֹר הָאָדָם 1 Ch 17:17 (and ‖ וְזֹאת תּוֹרַת הָאָדָם 2 S 7:19), read וַתַּרְאֵנִי (with other changes) We Dr Kau Bu HPS Now; Ez 12:12; read prob. Niph. 𝔊 Hi Co Krae; Mi 6:9; read prob. יִרְאָה cf. Now GASm. e.g. 1 Samuel 16:7
Niphal
- Pf. 3 ms. נִרְאָה Gn 48:3 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יֵרָאֶה Gn 22:14 +, juss. יֵרָא Ex 34:3; Lv 9:6, וַיֵּרָא Gn 12:7 +; 1 s. וָאֵרָא Ex 6:3; etc.; Imv. ms. הֵרָאֵה 1 K 18:1; Inf. cstr. לְהֵרָאוֹת 1 S 17:17 +, לֵרָאוֹת Is 1:12 + 2 times, הֵרָאֹה Ju 13:21; 1 S 3:21; etc.;— e.g. Genesis 48:3
- 1. appear, especially
- a. of י׳ (God): c. אֶל pers. Gn 12:7(×2) + 6 times J, Gn 35:1 (E), v 9 48:3; Ex 6:3; (בְּאֵל שַׁדַּי, ב essent.), Lv 9:4 (all P), 1 K 3:5; 9:2(×2) = 2 Ch 7:12; 1 K 11:9; c. ל pers. Je 31:3; 2 Ch 1:7; 3:1 (ins. י׳ 𝔊 Kau Kit); abs. Gn 22:14 in the mt. where י׳ appeareth (prob., Di Sta G i. 450 DrHast. DB ii. 563; E), Nu 14:14; (JE; עַיִן בְּעַיִן, v Is 52:8 Qal 8 a (5)), Lv 16:2 (P; ב loc. + עַל), 1 S 3:21 (ב loc.), 2 S 22:11 (עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רוּחַ; וַיֵּדֶא ‖ ψ 18:11), + 5 times; of מַלְאַךְ י׳, c. אֶל pers. Ex 3:2 (E), Ju 13:21; of כְּבוֹד י׳; c. אֶל pers. Lv 9:6, 23; Nu 14:10 (ב loc.), 16:19; 20:6 (all P), Ju 6:12; 13:3; עַל pers. Is 60:2; abs. Ex 16:10 (ב loc.), Nu 17:7 (both P). e.g. Genesis 12:7
- b. appear, of man, = present oneself: c. אֶל pers. Gn 46:29 (J), Ju 13:10; 1 K 18:1, 2, 15; Lv 13:7(×2), 19, אֶל of God ψ 84:8 (ב loc.), אֶל־פְּנֵי הָאָדֹן Ex 23:17 (E); abs. Is 16:12 (del. as dittogr. Lo Du CheHpt Marti al.); especially (Mass.) sq. אֶת־פְּנֵי) of י׳, rendered appear before י׳: so וְנִרְאָה 1 S 1:22, יֵרָאֶה Ex 34:23 (JE), Dt 16:16, וְאֵרָאֶה ψ 42:3, יֵרָאוּ Ex 23:15 (E), 34:20 (JE), Dt 16:16, לֵרָאוֹת Ex 34:24 (JE), Dt 31:11; Is 1:12; read prob. in all Qal (v. [פָּנֶה] II. 2). e.g. Genesis 46:29
- c. appear, of things: late (Hex only P), abs. Gn 1:9; 8:5, c. ב loc. 9:14; Lv 13:14, 57; elsewhere poet. ψ 18:16 = 2 S 22:16, ψ 90:16 Pr 27:25 (of דֶּשֶׁא), Ct 2:12 (ב loc.; of blossoms); subj. מַרְאֵיהֶם Dn 1:15 (+ adj. pred.), v 13 (+ לְפָנֶיךָ); subj. חָזוֹן, c. אֶל pers. Dn 8:1(×2); subj. כְּנֶגַע Lv 14:35 (c. ל pers.). e.g. Genesis 1:9
- 2. be seen:
- a. subj. rei, 1 K 10:12 = 2 Ch 9:11 (where כָּהֶם subj.) Ez 19:11, of sins 21:29 (‖ חִגָּלוֹת), subj. כָּזֹאת Ju 19:30, כְּאֶבֶן etc. Ez 10:1. e.g. 1 Kings 10:12
- b. subj. pers. 2 S 17:17 (+ לָבוֹא) be seen to come. e.g. 2 Samuel 17:17
- c. be seen = occur 2 K 23:24 (ב loc.); = exist, + ל pers. Ex 13:7(×2) (JE), Dt 16:4, cf. Ez 10:8; = be present, + ב loc. Ju 5:8 Ex 34:3 (JE). e.g. 2 Kings 23:24
- 3. be visible, Ex 33:23 (JE; subj. י׳’s face), אֵין אֶבֶן נִרְאָה 1 K 6:18, 8:8(×2) = 2 Ch 5:9(×2), Je 13:26 Is 47:3. e.g. Exodus 33:23
Pual
- Pf. 3 pl. עַצְמֹתָיו לֹא רֻאוּ Jb 33:21 (Baer Gi; d. f. Ki Köi. 41, 563, Mappik\ Ges§ 14 d; van d. H. רֻאוּ), appar. his bones are not seen, detected; De which were (formerly) not seen; Di are insignificant (‘unscheinbar’), so Bae; prob. corrupt, Bu נָאווּ, Du del. as doublet. e.g. Job 33:21
Hithpael
- recipr. look at each other: Impf. 2 mpl. לָ֫מָּה תִּתְרָאוּ Gn 42:1 (E); techn. 3 mpl. וַיִּתְרָאוּ פָנִים 2 K 14:11 = 2 Ch 25:21 and they looked each other in the face, i.e. met in combat, so i pl. נִתְרָאֶה פ׳ 2 K 14:8 = 2 Ch 25:17, cf. (perhaps) 2 K 23:29, where Wkl Benz conj. כְּהִתְרָאוֹת אִתּוֹ (or Niph. כְּהֵרָאוֹת אִתּוֹ) for MT כִּרְאֹתוֹ אֹתוֹ. e.g. Genesis 42:1
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הֶרְאָה Gn 41:28 +, sf. הִרְאַנִי Am 7:1 +, הֶרְאָ֑נִי Ez 11:25, הֶרְאָנוּ Dt 5:21; Ju 13:23, הֶרְאֲךָ Dt 4:36; i s. וְהַרְאֵיתִ֫י Na 3:5 (Ges§ 53 p), sf. הֶרְאִיתִיךָ Dt 34:4, הִרְאִיתִים Is 39:4 cf. ‖ 2 K 20:15, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַרְאֶה Is 30:30, וַיַּרְא 2 K 11:4, sf. יַרְאֵנִי Nu 23:3 ψ 59:11; i s. sf. אַרְאֶךָּ Gn 12:1 +, etc.; Imv. ms. sf. הַרְאֵנִי Ex 33:18, etc.; Inf. cstr. הַרְאוֹת Dt 3:24 +, sf. הַרְאוֹתְכָה Ez 40:4, לַרְאֹתְכֶם Dt 1:33, etc.; Pt. מַרְאֶה Ex 25:9 Ez 40:4;— e.g. Genesis 41:28
- 1.
- a. cause one to see something, shew: (1) subj. man, c. acc. pers. + rei, Nu 13:26 b (JE), Ju 1:24, 25; 2 K 20:13(×2), 15 = Is 39:2(×2), 4 + 4 times, acc. rei om. Ez 40:4; Est 4:8, acc. refl. נַפְשׁוֹ + acc. rei Ec 2:24; מִי יַרְאֵנוּ טוֹב ψ 4:7, acc. pers. om., = exhibit Est 1:4; c. 2 acc. pers. Ju 4:22; 2 K 11:4. (2) especially subj. י׳ (God), c. acc. pers. + rei, Gn 12:1; Ex 9:16 (both J), Gn 41:28; 48:11 (both E), Ex 33:18; Dt 34; 1 b (both JE), Dt 3:24; 4:36; 5:21; Jos 5:6 (D), Ex 25:9 (P), Ju 13:23 + 5 times + (of revelation to prophets) Nu 23:3 (JE), Je 38:21; Ez 11:25, also, c. acc. rei cogn., Nu 8:4 (P), acc. rei om. Dt 34:4 (JE), acc. pers. om. = exhibit, Is 30:30; of visions, י׳ subj., c. acc. pers. + כֹּה Am 7:1, 4, 7; 8:1, + כַּאֲשֶׁר Ex 27:8 (P), c. acc. pers. only = cause to see [a vision] Je 24:1; c. 2 acc. pers. + appos. 2 K 8:13, acc. pers. + cl. c. כִּי v 10. (3) subj. angel, acc. pers. + rei, of revelation to prophet Zc 2:3; 3:1; acc. pers. + cl. c. מָה Zc 1:9. e.g. Numbers 13:26
- b. cause to experience something, c. acc. pers. + rei, subj. י׳, Hb 1:3 ψ 60:5; 71:20; 85:8. e.g. Habakkuk 1:3
- 2. cause to look intently at, to behold, c. acc. pers. + ב rei (cf. Qal 8), subj. י׳:
- a. cause to gaze at, with joy ψ 50:23; 91:16. e.g. Psalms 50:23
- b. in exultation, cause to feast one’s eyes upon, fallen enemies ψ 59:11 (cf. MI4). e.g. Psalms 59:11
- c. in weakened sense, cause to behold Dt 1:33 (cf. Dr). e.g. Deuteronomy 1:33
Hophal
- 1. be caused to see, be shewn: Pf. 2 ms. הָרְאֵיתָ, subj. man, acc. rei, Ex 26:30 (P; ב loc.); so Pt. מָרְאֶה 25:40 (P; ב loc.); sq. inf. אַתָּה הָרְאֵתָ לָדַעַת כִּי Dt 4:35. e.g. Exodus 26:30
- 2. be exhibited to, subj. rei, acc. pers., Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְהָרְאָה אֶת־הַכֹּהֵן Lv 13:49 (P). e.g. Leviticus 13:49
ראה II seeing, assumed by Thes al. to explain cstr. וּרְאֵה עָנְיִי Jb 10
ראה III look
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. Dt 14:13 textual error; v. דָּאָה.
II. vb. see (NH id.; וארא MI4, הראני l7, cf. רית spectacle l12; Sab. ראי see, expect, DHM ZMG xxix (1875), 596, 599; Arabic رَأَى see, so Ethiopic ርእየ: 𝔗 רֵו, רֵיוָא human appearance, features, etc. (cf. Heb. רֳאִי 2));—
I. adj. seeing, assumed by Thes al. to explain cstr. וּרְאֵה עָנְיִי Jb 10:15, but improb.; Mass. appar. intended Imv. (unsuitable); Ew al. וְרֹאֵה; Di Bu Du (After Lag Gei) רְוֵה עֹ֑נִי drenched (i.e. sated) with affliction.
I. n.f. look;—cstr. רְאוּת עֵינָיו Ec 5:10 Qr (Kt ראית).
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
רָאָה I
- , v. ראי
רָאָה II
- (b. h.) raah, name of an unclean bird. Ḥull. 63ᵇ דאה ור׳ וכ׳, v. דָּאָה II. Ib. ר׳ זו איה … ר׳ שרואה ביותר raah is the same as ayah, and it is called raah, because its sight is exceedingly acute (ref. to Job XXVIII, 7). e.g. Job 28:7
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Forms in the corpus
The 652 distinct written forms H7200 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 592 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7200, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- מראה marʼeh H4758 sight
- מראה murʼâh H4760 crop
- ראה râʼâh H7201 bird of prey
- ראה râʼeh H7202 seeing
- ראה rôʼeh H7203 seer
- ראוה raʼăvâh H7207 beholding
- ראי rᵉʼîy H7209 mirror
- ראי rŏʼîy H7210 appearance
- ראית rᵉʼîyth H7212 beholding
- רו rêv H7299 appearance
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 14 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 1,149 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 1,206 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 1:4
- Exodus 1:16
- Leviticus 5:1
- Numbers 4:20
- Deuteronomy 1:8
- Joshua 2:1
- Judges 1:24
- Ruth 1:18
- 1 Samuel 1:11
- 2 Samuel 1:7
- 1 Kings 1:48
- 2 Kings 2:10
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
