רָאָה

to see

also: look at, inspect, perceive, consider fuller range ↓

H7200 Strong's Hebrew

râʼâh Transliteration

/raw-aw'/ Pronunciation

Usage in the Hebrew Bible 1,314 appearances

Definition — BDB

to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider - (Qal) - to see - to see, perceive - to see, have vision - to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out - to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish - to look at, gaze at

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Strong's H7200 — ראה (râʼâh), "to see". Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB, 1906). Lemma, https://lemma.gebible.app/w/H7200.

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Verb: An action or state-of-being word.

Common: A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.

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.

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”).

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).

3rd Person: The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
1st Person: The speaker (“I / we”).
2nd Person: The one addressed (“you”).

Masculine: Grammatically masculine.
Common: Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Feminine: Grammatically feminine.

Singular: One.
Plural: More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).

Grammatical forms 92 distinct

Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 140 times (11%)
Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 112 times (9%)
Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 99 times (8%)
Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 83 times (6%)
Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 56 times (4%)
Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 53 times (4%)
Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 48 times (4%)
Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 41 times (3%)

+84 more forms (682 occurrences)

Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 1,314 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.

Page 2 of 7 — showing verses 201–400 of 1,206 distinct verses where H7200 appears, across 38 books. 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.

Exodus 80 verses

Leviticus 44 verses

Numbers 44 verses

Deuteronomy 66 verses

Joshua 16 verses

Judges 40 verses

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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

Strong's · 1890

advise self

Modern gloss

to see

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.
Genesis 1:4: first appearance; The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 1:4.
Malachi 3:18: last appearance; The latest occurrence is in Malachi 3:18.
#27: by frequency; Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 27 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

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Most concentrated in

Genesis 132 verses 11%
Psalms 99 verses 8%
Exodus 80 verses 7%

By section of the Old Testament

Pentateuch 366 · 30%
Historical 334 · 28%
Wisdom 211 · 17%
Prophets 295 · 24%

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:

“Saw” 183×
“See” 141×
“I saw” 43×
“Behold” 40×
“Shall see” 35×
“Appeared” 30×
“I have seen” 27×
“Looked” 25×
“He saw” 21×
“Look” 21×
“Shall look” 17×
“They saw” 17×

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:

“Saw” 184×
“See” 122×
“I saw” 41×
“Behold” 39×
“Appeared” 29×
“I have seen” 24×
“Shall look” 24×
“Shall see” 22×
“Look” 18×
“He saw” 17×
“Have seen” 16×
“Him” 16×

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:

“See” 188×
“Saw” 166×
“I saw” 34×
“I have seen” 29×
“Look” 29×
“Appeared” 28×
“Will see” 26×
“Have seen” 19×
“He saw” 17×
“You see” 16×
“You will see” 15×
“I looked” 13×

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:

“See” 265×
“Saw” 165×
“And” 152×
“I saw” 60×
“He saw” 43×
“I have seen” 30×
“Will see” 30×
“Look” 29×
“Appeared” 26×
“Seen” 26×
“Seeing” 24×
“They saw” 22×

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).

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Origin: a primitive root

Part of speech: Verb TWOT: 2095

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.

Form	Parsing	Example	Uses
וַ/יַּ֣רְא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Esther 3:5	28
וַ/יַּ֥רְא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 32:19	24
רָאִ֖יתִי	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular	Ecclesiastes 3:16	19
וַ/יַּרְא֙	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 2:11	16
וַ/יַּ֤רְא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 33:21	15
לִ/רְא֥וֹת	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct	Ecclesiastes 11:7	14
רָאִ֣יתִי	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular	Daniel 8:4	14
רָאִ֨יתִי֙	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular	Deuteronomy 9:13	14
וַ/יַּ֗רְא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 3:2	12
רָא֣וּ	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural	Deuteronomy 4:9	11
תִּרְאֶֽה	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 3:28	10
רְאֵ֣ה	Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 2:24	10
וַ/יַּ֨רְא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 14:31	9
וּ/רְא֔וּ	Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural	Amos 6:2	9
יִרְא֣וּ	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural	Exodus 16:32	9
וְ/רָאָ֣ה	Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 34:10	8
יִרְאֶ֣ה	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ezekiel 32:31	8
רֹאֶה֙	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Amos 7:8	8
וְ/רָאָ֨ה	Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Samuel 14:52	7
וַ/יִּרְא֤וּ	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural	Genesis 6:2	7
וּ/רְאוּ֙	Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural	Exodus 14:13	7
יִרְאֶ֥ה	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 1:35	7
רָאִ֤יתִי	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular	Genesis 32:30	7
רָאִ֥יתִי	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular	Ecclesiastes 9:13	7
רֹאֶ֖ה	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ezekiel 40:4	7
אֶרְאֶ֣ה	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular	Genesis 32:20	6
וַ/יִּרְאוּ֙	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural	1 Chronicles 19:6	6
וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא֙	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular	Ezekiel 19:5	6
וּ/רְאֵה֙	Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Daniel 9:18	6
יִרְאֶ֨ה	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Daniel 1:10	6
לִ/רְאוֹת֙	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct	Esther 3:4	6
נִרְאָ֥ה	Verb, Niphal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Exodus 4:1	6
רְאֵ֗ה	Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Deuteronomy 2:31	6
רְאֵה֙	Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ecclesiastes 7:27	6
רָא֔וּ	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural	Deuteronomy 11:2	6
רָא֖וּ	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural	Daniel 10:7	6
רָאָה֙	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ecclesiastes 4:3	6
רֹאֶ֑ה	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	2 Kings 2:19	6
וַ/יִּרְא֣וּ	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural	Exodus 16:15	5
וַ/יִּרְא֥וּ	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural	Genesis 37:18	5
וַ/יֵּרָ֥א	Verb, Niphal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Judges 6:12	5
וַ/יַּ֞רְא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Genesis 29:2	5
וַ/יַּרְא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Genesis 19:1	5
וַ/תֵּ֣רֶא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular	Genesis 3:6	5
וַ/תֵּ֤רֶא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular	Exodus 2:2	5
וָ/אֵ֖רֶא	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular	Ezekiel 1:15	5
יִרְאֶ֑ה	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Genesis 22:14	5
יִרְאֶ֖ה	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ezekiel 12:13	5
לִ/רְא֑וֹת	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct	Exodus 3:4	5
לִ/רְא֔וֹת	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct	Ecclesiastes 1:8	5
לִ/רְאֽוֹת	Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct	Genesis 42:12	5
רְא֣וּ	Verb, Qal, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural	Deuteronomy 32:39	5
רָאָ֣ה	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	1 Samuel 9:17	5
רֹאֶֽה	Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute	Ecclesiastes 8:16	5
תִרְא֣וּ	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural	Genesis 43:3	5
אֶרְאֶ֖ה	Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular	Deuteronomy 32:20	4
הֲ/רָאִ֣יתָ	Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ezekiel 8:12	4
וְ/רָאָ֥ה	Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ecclesiastes 3:13	4
וְ/רָאָה֙	Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular	Ezekiel 39:15	4
וַ/יִּרְא֕וּ	Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural	Exodus 24:10	4

The 60 most common forms are shown; 592 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.

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Septuagint verse parallels

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