רָהָה râhâh — to fear
Translated in the KJV as be afraid.
a primitive root; to fear.
râhâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Jussive 1
תִּרְה֔וּ Isa 44:8 Jussive, 2nd person masculine plural
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
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 ›