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# מוֹרָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4172

**fear** — used 12 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

fear [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4172/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מוֹרָא: n.m. fear [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4172/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dt 4:34 fear, מ׳ Mal 2:5 + 3 times; מֹרָא Dt 26:8; sfs. מוֹרָאִי Mal 1:6; מוֹרָאוֹ Is 8:12; מוֹרַאֲכֶם v 13 + 2 times; pl. מוֹרָאִים Dt 4:34;— fear, terror, ‖ חַת Gn 9:2 (P); ‖ פַּחַד Dt 11:25. reverence: אַיֵּה מוֹרָאִי where is the reverence due to me Mal 1:6. object of reverence, especially God Is 8:12, 13 ψ 76:12; ‖ בְּרִית Mal 2:5. awe-inspiring spectacle or deed (ה)מ׳ (ה)גּדול(ים) Dt 4:34; 26:8; 34:12 Je 32:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: fear (6); terror (4); be\] your fear (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 9:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.9.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.9.21/#tree)

שִׁ֘יתָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ מוֹרָ֗ה לָ֫הֶ֥ם יֵדְע֥וּ גוֹיִ֑ם אֱנ֖וֹשׁ הֵ֣מָּה סֶּֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* appoint O.Yahweh terror for them may.they.know \[the\].nations \[are\].human.being\[s\] they Selah

*JPS 1917:* Set terror over them, O LORD; let the nations know they are but men.

[Isaiah 8:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.8.13/#tree)

אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת אֹת֣וֹ תַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ וְה֥וּא מוֹרַאֲכֶ֖ם וְה֥וּא מַֽעֲרִֽצְכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* (et) Yahweh of.hosts him you.will.regard.as.holy and he be\].your.fear \[will and he \[will be.the.one.whom\].you.regard.with.awe

*JPS 1917:* The LORD of hosts, Him shall ye sanctify; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4172.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4172/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).