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Strong's #4758 - מַרְאֶה
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- sight, appearance, vision
- sight, phenomenon, spectacle, appearance, vision
- what is seen
- a vision (supernatural)
- sight, vision (power of seeing)
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1438) ar (רא RA) AC: See CO: ? AB: Appearance: The ability to see, perceive or have a vision.
A) ar (רא RA) AC: See CO: ? AB: ?
Nf1 ) ear (ראה RAH) - Raah: An unknown bird of prey with a keen sense of sight. KJV (1): glede - Strongs: H7201 (רָאָה)
Nf4) tiar (ראית RAYT) - See: KJV (1): beholding - Strongs: H7212 (רְאִית)
af1) earm (מראה MRAH) - Vision: KJV (12): vision, lookingglass - Strongs: H4759 (מַרְאָה)
fm) iar (ראי RAY) - Mirror: A looking glass. KJV (1): looking glass - Strongs: H7209 (רְאִי)
H) ear (ראה RAH) AC: See CO: See AB: Appearance
V) ear (ראה RAH) - See: To see or perceive something or someone. Also to see visions. [A generic verb with a wide application meaning "to see"] KJV (1313): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Hophal, Pual) see, look, behold, shew, appear, consider, seer, spy, respect, perceive, provide, regard, enjoy, lo, foresee, heed - Strongs: H7200 (רָאָה)
Nm) ear (ראה RAH) - See: KJV (1): see - Strongs: H7202 (רָאֶה)
am) earm (מראה MRAH) - Appearance: What is seen. KJV (103): appearance, sight, countenance, vision, favoured, look - Strongs: H4758 (מַרְאֶה)
dm) efar (ראוה RAWH) - Look: KJV (1): behold - Strongs: H7207 (רַאֲוָה)
fm) iar (ראי RAY) - Seeing: KJV (6): see, look, gazingstock - Strongs: H7210 (רֳאִי)
gm) eafr (רואה RWAH) - Vision: KJV (1): vision - Strongs: H7203 (רֹאֶה)
L) ari (ירא YRA) AC: ? CO: Crop AB: ?
af1 ) earfm (מוראה MWRAH) - Crop: What is closely watched for harvest time. KJV (1): crop - Strongs: H4760 (מֻרְאָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
a. sight, phenomenon, spectacle Exodus 3:3 (J).
b. appearance ׳נֶחְמָד לְמ Genesis 2:9 (J) desirable in appearance, ׳גָּדוֺל לְמ Joshua 22:10; appearance of man (or woman), Judges 13:6 (twice in verse) (angel), Isaiah 52:14 (servant of ׳י), Song of Solomon 5:15; Daniel 8:15; Daniel 10:18; = outward person (opposed to inner man) 1 Samuel 16:7; visible form Song of Solomon 2:14 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:13 (twice in verse); Daniel 1:15; ׳בְּמ Numbers 12:8 (E; so read ⅏ᵐ5 ᵑ6ᵑ7 Di, for ᵑ0מַרְאֶה), i.e. in personal presence ( < Ew Pat Hpt {abbrev}לֹא בְמ); כְּמַרְאֵה סוּסִים מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4; of crocodile Job 41:2; ׳כְּבוֺד י׳מ Exodus 24:17 (P), הַנֶּגַע׳מ Leviticus 13:3, אֵֿשׁ׳מ Numbers 9:15,16, בָּרָק׳מ Daniel 10:6 +; especially Ezekiel appearance person or of thing (27t., sometimes redundant), Daniel 1:5; Daniel 1:13; Daniel 1:26; Daniel 8:2; Daniel 10:1 +, מָתְנָיו׳מִמּ Daniel 1:27 (twice in verse); Daniel 8:2 ("" מִמָּתְנָיו) of beauty וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה fair of appearance Genesis 39:6 (J; +יְפֵהתֹֿאַר), compare 1 Samuel 17:42 (read עֶלֶם [q. v.] for עִם); feminine ׳(אִשָּׁה) יְפַתמֿ Genesis 12:11 (J), Genesis 29:17 (E; +יְפַת תּאַֹר), 2 Samuel 14:27; of kine ׳יְפוֺת (הַ)מ Genesis 41:2,4 (E), opposed to ׳רָעוֺת (הַ)מ Genesis 41:3; Genesis 41:4, מַרְאֵיהֶן רַע Genesis 41:21(all E); of women also ׳טֹבַת מ Genesis 24:16; Genesis 26:7 (both J), 2 Samuel 11:2; Esther 1:11; Esther 2:3,7, ׳טוֺבוֺת מ Esther 2:2; of boys ׳טוֺבֵי מ Daniel 1:4, compare ׳מ alone in וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ׳לֹאמֿ (of suffering servant of ׳י) Isaiah 53:2; ׳אִישׁ מ 2 Samuel 23:21 (but read as "" 1 Chronicles 11:23 אִישׁ מִדָּה We Dr and others).
c. appearance, sight, vision Numbers 8:4 (P).
2 in General what is seen, עֵינָיו׳מ Isaiah 11:3i.e. what his outward eyes see (compare 1 Samuel 16:7
1 b), עֵינֶיהָ׳לִמ Ezekiel 23:16, עְינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה׳מ Deuteronomy 28:34,67, ׳לְכָלמֿעֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 13:12 (P).
3 specifically a. (supernatural) vision (in Ezekiel , Daniel; often accusative of congnate meaning with verb with ראה): Ezekiel 8:4; Ezekiel 11:24; Ezekiel 43:3 (3t. in verse), read also מַרְאֵה הָרֶכֶב Ezekiel 43:3 (for מַרְאוֺת see I. מַרְאָה above); ׳בַּמּ Ezekiel 11:24; Daniel 8:16,27; Daniel 9:23; Daniel 10:1; ׳מהָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר Daniel 8:26.
4 sight, vision = power of seeing (and enjoying), late: עֵינַיִם׳מ Ecclesiastes 6:9, הַלֵךְבְּדַרְּכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9.
מַרְאֶה const. מַרְאֵה with suff. מַרְאֵיךְ Song of Solomon 2:14 מַרְאֵהוּ Leviticus 13:34 מַרְאֶהָ Leviticus 13:35 but more often with forms of the suffix, which appear to be pl., of which however the Yod is radical (see מַעֲשֶׂה, מִקְנֶה, and Gramm. § 90, 9), like מַרְאַיִךְ Song of Solomon 2:14 מַרְאָיו Job 41:1 and מַרְאֵיהֶם, מַרְאֵיהֶן (which are found construed with a sing. Genesis 41:21; Leviticus 14:37; Daniel 1:15), plur. const. מַרְאֵי Ecclesiastes 11:9 כתיב (מַרְאֵה קדי) m. (from the root רָאָה).
(1) appearance, look, aspect, Genesis 41:21; Song of Solomon 2:14 [and often Arab. مَرْآةُ]; Leviticus 13:12, לְכָל־מַרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן “according to all the looking of the priest,” i.e. as to what the priest sees in him. Deuteronomy 28:34, מַרְאֵה עֵינֶרךָ “what thine eyes behold;” verse 67 Deuteronomy 28:67; Isaiah 11:3; Ezekiel 23:16.
(2) vision, sight, Exodus 3:3; Ezekiel 8:4, 11:24 43:3 Daniel 8:16.
(3) form, appearance, Exodus 24:17; Ezekiel 1:16, 28 Ezekiel 1:28. It is placed after in the genitive, יְפַת מַרְאֶה Genesis 12:11 טוֹבַת מַרְאֶה Genesis 24:16, 26:7, fair of form; and with לְ prefixed, נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה beautiful of form, Genesis 2:9. In the prophetic style the appearance of anything, is what is like such a thing; comp. דְּמוּת No.3. Daniel 10:18, וַיִּגַע־בִּי בְּמַרְאֵה אָדָם “there touched me as the appearance of a man;” Ezekiel 8:2 also 1:26, דְּמוּת בְּמַרְאֵה.