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yōrā יוֹרָה ‘Jorah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yārāʾ יָרָא ‘to shoot / to shoot/show’
Roots: ירה ירא

yōrā pr n m pers
Jorah = "he instructs"
1) the head or ancestor of a family who returned from Babylon with Ezra

Mentioned in Ezra 2:18

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