רָאָה

ra.ahto see: seeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,299 occurrences38 books1,200 verses
This word comes from the name of LORD.

Definition

a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Traditional renderings: advise self, appear, approve, behold, × certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, × indeed, × joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, × be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), × sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, × surely, × think, view, visions.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רָאָה:

Glossary entries

Lord Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Eli Abba Most High

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,299 total
  1. Esther 5:13רֹאֶה֙ · see
    Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
  2. Esther 7:7רָאָ֔ה · he realized
    In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
  3. Esther 8:6וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי · to see; וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי · to see
    For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
  4. Esther 9:26רָא֣וּ · they had seen
    Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
  5. Job 2:13רָא֔וּ · they saw
    Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
  6. Job 3:9יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה · see
    May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.
  7. Job 3:16רָ֥אוּ · sees
    Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
  8. Job 4:8רָ֭אִיתִי · I have observed
    As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
  9. Job 5:3רָ֭אִיתִי · have seen
    I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
  10. Job 6:21תִּֽרְא֥וּ · you see
    For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
  11. Job 7:7לִרְא֥וֹת · see
    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  12. Job 8:18רְאִיתִֽיךָ׃ · saw you
    If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
  13. Job 9:11אֶרְאֶ֑ה · see Him
    Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
  14. Job 9:25רָא֥וּ · seeing
    My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
  15. Job 10:4כִּרְא֖וֹת · Do You see; תִּרְאֶֽה׃ · sees
    Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?
  16. Job 10:18תִרְאֵֽנִי׃ · had seen me
    Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
  17. Job 11:11וַיַּרְא־ · If He sees
    Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?
  18. Job 13:1רָאֲתָ֣ה · have seen
    “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
  19. Job 19:27רָא֣וּ · will behold Him
    I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
  20. Job 20:7רֹ֝אָ֗יו · those who had seen him
    …he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
  21. Job 20:17יֵ֥רֶא · enjoy
    He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
  22. Job 21:20יִרְא֣וּ · see
    Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
  23. Job 22:11תִרְאֶ֑ה · see
    …it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
  24. Job 22:12וּרְאֵ֤ה · Look at
    Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!
  25. Job 22:14יִרְאֶ֑ה · see us
    Thick clouds veil Him so He does not see us as He traverses the vault of heaven.’
  26. Job 22:19יִרְא֣וּ · see [it]
    The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:
  27. Job 23:9אֶרְאֶֽה׃ · see [Him]
    When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.
  28. Job 28:10רָאֲתָ֥ה · spot
    He hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
  29. Job 28:24יִרְאֶֽה׃ · and sees
    For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.
  30. Job 28:27רָ֭אָהּ · He looked at [wisdom]
    …then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.
  31. Job 29:8רָא֣וּנִי · saw me
    …the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
  32. Job 29:11רָ֝אֲתָ֗ה · saw me
    For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
  33. Job 31:4יִרְאֶ֣ה · see
    Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
  34. Job 31:19אֶרְאֶ֣ה · I have seen
    …if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,
  35. Job 31:21אֶרְאֶ֥ה · I saw
    …if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
  36. Job 31:26אֶרְאֶ֣ה · I have beheld
    …if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
  37. Job 32:5וַיַּ֤רְא · saw
    But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.
  38. Job 33:21רֻאּֽוּ׃
    His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude.
  39. Job 33:26וַיַּ֣רְא · he sees
    He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.
  40. Job 33:28תִּרְאֶֽה׃ · to see
    He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
  41. Job 34:21יִרְאֶֽה׃ · and He sees
    For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
  42. Job 34:26רֹאִֽים׃ · view
    He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,
  43. Job 35:5וּרְאֵ֑ה · and see
    Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
  44. Job 37:21רָ֤אוּ · can gaze
    Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.
  45. Job 37:24יִ֝רְאֶ֗ה · partial
    Therefore, men fear Him, for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
  46. Job 38:17תִּרְאֶֽה׃ · Have you seen
    Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death?
  47. Job 38:22תִּרְאֶֽה׃ · or observed
    Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
  48. Job 40:11וּרְאֵ֥ה · look on
    Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.