Hebrew

Verb

נִרְאָה • ‎(nir'á) ‎(nif'al construction, infinitive להיראות \ לְהֵרָאוֹת, active counterpart רָאָה)

1. (He/it) was seen.
   • Exodus 3:16, with Young's Literal Translation:

     יהוה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיכֶם נִרְאָה אֵלַי

     YHVH elohé avotechém nir'á eláy

     Jehovah, God of your fathers, hath appeareth unto me

2. (He/it) seemed, was thought of or viewed (a certain way).
3. (נִרְאֶה, nir'é) Masculine singular present participle and present tense of נִרְאָה.
   • Genesis 12:7:

     וַיִּבֶן שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוה הַנִּרְאֶה אֵלָיו

     vayíven shám mizbéach laYHVH hanir'é eláv

4. (נֵרָאֶה, neraé) First-person plural future tense (prefix conjugation) of נִרְאָה.
   • c. 1800, Wolf Heidenheim, editor, מחזור לחג השבועות, fourth edition, 1827, page סב ‎(=62) of the daytime-prayer pagination :

     וְשָׁם נַעֲלֶה וְנֵרָאֶה וְנִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה לְפָנֶיךָ

     v'shm naalé v'neraé v'nishtachavé l'fanécha

Usage notes

• (נִרְאֶה, nir'é) (present): This is now often pronounced as נִרְאָה ‎(nir'á).

Conjugation

Derived terms

• כנראה
• נח נראה

Verb

נִרְאֶה • ‎(nir'é)

1. First-person plural future tense (prefix conjugation) of רָאָה ‎(raá).
   • Genesis 37:20, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְנִרְאֶה מַה יִּהְיוּ חֲלֹמֹתָיו

     v'nir'é má yihyú chalomotáv

     and we shall see what will become of his dreams