רָאָה râʼâh — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Translated in the KJV as advise self, appear, approve, behold, × certainly, consider, discern, enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, × indeed.
a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative).
râʼâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 261Wayyiqtol 259Imperfect (yiqtol) 176Imperative 143Infinitive construct 112Participle (active) 81Sequential perfect (weqatal) 71Cohortative 12Jussive 11Infinitive absolute 7Participle (passive) 1
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Niph'al
Perfect (qatal) 29Wayyiqtol 25Imperfect (yiqtol) 24Infinitive construct 11Sequential perfect (weqatal) 5Jussive 3Participle (active) 2Participle (passive) 1Imperative 1
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 28Imperfect (yiqtol) 10Wayyiqtol 9Infinitive construct 8Imperative 4Participle (active) 2Cohortative 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath shewed me also thy seed.
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Wayyiqtol 2Cohortative 1
Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
Hoph'al
Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (passive) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was shewed thee in the mount.
And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest:
Qal passive
Perfect (qatal) 1
His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›