to shoot
ya.ra denotes firing arrows or stones in battle, with one passive occurrence in a saying about being refreshed.
The attested use chiefly concerns firing arrows or stones from a military position; a single passive occurrence appears in Proverbs 11:25 in the clause about a person being refreshed.
Senses in use
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Firing projectiles · dominant
In 2 Samuel 11:20, the Hiphil imperfect plural occurs in the question about people who fire from the wall. In 2 Samuel 11:24, sequential imperfect plural forms occur as the APB renders, “And they shot, and the archers shot at your servants from the wall”; 2 Chronicles 26:15 has a Qal infinitive construct in the purpose clause for devices made “to shoot arrows and large stones.”
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Being refreshed · rare
In Proverbs 11:25, the Hophal imperfect singular stands in the proverb’s reciprocal statement: the APB renders, “whoever refreshes others will himself be refreshed.” The passive form and the clause support a distinct use, though the translation does not align individual English words to the Hebrew token.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the military clauses with “shoot” and “archers shot,” while Proverbs 11:25 uses “refreshes” and “refreshed.” These English expressions confirm the clauses’ overall presentation rather than identify a fixed rendering for each form.