Lexicon
מְגוֹרָה
me.go.rah
H4034
H:N-F Hebrew

fear

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me.go.rah denotes fear, including the feared prospect that comes upon the wicked.

The attested use concerns fear: in Proverbs 10:24 it is the fear associated with the wicked and the outcome that comes upon him; Psalm 34:5 contains a plural construct form in a setting where faces are not ashamed, though the translation does not isolate its contribution.

Senses in use

  1. Fear in contrasting outcomes · dominant

    In Proverbs 10:24, the singular construct form occurs in the clause that the APB renders, “What the wicked fears will come upon him,” presenting fear in relation to an anticipated outcome. In Psalm 34:5, the plural construct form occurs in a verse the APB renders, “They looked to him and became radiant, and their faces were not ashamed”; the translation does not identify a corresponding English expression for the term.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 10:24, the APB explicitly includes “fears” in the clause about the wicked. In Psalm 34:5, the translation gives the verse’s radiant, unashamed outcome without an identifiable English rendering for this term.

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