מַרְאֶה102 H4758
Sight, appearance, or vision; the outward look of a person or thing, a prophetic visionary experience, or the act of seeing.
A Hebrew noun rooted in the verb ra'ah (to see), mar'eh spans the entire arc of visual experience. At its most common it describes outward appearance—how someone or something looks to the eye, as when Scripture notes the beauty of Sarah (Gen 12:11) or Rachel (Gen 29:17). In Ezekiel and Daniel it takes on prophetic weight, denoting the supernatural visions through which God discloses his purposes (Ezek 43:3). Less frequently it refers to the raw act or faculty of seeing itself, as in the disturbing 'sight of your eyes' in Deuteronomy 28:34. The Arabic cognate mar'a and the Korean hwansang for the visionary sense confirm how languages partition physical seeing from prophetic revelation.
1. appearance, outward form — The outward visual form or look of a person, creature, or object—covering beauty, countenance, and general presentation. This is by far the dominant sense (83x), used of attractive women like Sarah and Rebekah, of the servant of the LORD whose appearance was marred (Isa 52:14), and of Daniel's healthy countenance (Dan 1:15). Spanish apariencia and German Angesicht align here, while the construct state mar'eh often functions attributively ('beautiful of appearance'). 83×
AR["المَنظَرِ","الْ-مَنْظَرِ","الْمَنْظَرِ","كَالْمَنْظَرِ","كَـ-مَنْظَرِ","كَمَنْظَرِ"]·ben["-চেহারার-মতো","-দেখতে-মতো","চেহারা-মতো","চেহারাতে","চেহারায়","চেহারার","চেহারার-মতো","দেখতে","যেন-চেহারা","যেমন-দর্শন"]·DE["Angesicht","von-Aussehen","wie-das-Aussehen"]·EN["appearance","like-appearance-of","like-appearance-of-","like-the-appearance"]·FR["apparence","vision"]·heb["כ-מראה","מראה"]·HI["जैसा-रूप","जैसा-रूप-","जैसी-दिखाई","जैसे-दर्शन","जैसे-दर्शन-","जैसे-रूप","दिखने-मे","दिखने-में","दिखने-में-जैसी","दिखावट","दिखावट-की","रूप-जैसा"]·ID["Seperti-penampilan","penampilannya","rupa","rupanya","seperti-penampakan","seperti-penampilan"]·IT["appearance","come-l'aspetto"]·jav["Kados-pasuryan","kados-katingal","kados-katingal-ning","kados-pasuryan","kados-rupa-nipun","kados-wujud","kados-wujud-","pasuryan","pasuryaning","pasuryanipun","warninipun"]·KO["같으니라-모습에","같은-모습의","같이-모양","같이-모양-","그-모양처럼","모습이","모양-같은","모양-같은-","모양처럼-","외모의","처럼-모양의"]·PT["Como-aparência-de","aparência","como-a-aparência","como-aparência","como-aparência-de","um-semelhante-a"]·RU["видом","как-вид","как-вид-","подобный-человеку"]·ES["apariencia","aspecto","como-apariencia","como-apariencia-de","como-la-apariencia"]·SW["kama-mfano","kama-mwonekano","kama-mwonekano-wa","kama-sura","kama-sura-ya","sura","wa-kuonekana"]·TR["benzerlik","gibi","gibi-görünüşlü-","görünümlü","görünüşlü","görünüşte","görünüşü-gibi","kehribarın","lacivert-taşının","ve-aşağıya","ve-yukarıya","yananlar"]·urd["جیسے-شکل","دیکھنے-میں","شکل-میں","مانند","منظر-میں","منظر-کی-طرح","منظر-کی-طرح-"]
Gen 12:11, Gen 24:16, Gen 26:7, Gen 29:17, Gen 39:6, Gen 41:2, Gen 41:3, Lev 13:3, Lev 13:4, Lev 13:20, Lev 13:25, Lev 13:30 (+38 more)
▼ 2 more senses below
Senses
2. vision, prophetic sight — A supernatural or prophetic visual revelation, concentrated in Ezekiel and Daniel. In Ezekiel 43:3 the prophet sees a vision like the one by the river Chebar; Numbers 8:4 describes the lampstand made 'according to the vision' shown to Moses. Arabic ru'ya and Korean hwansang capture this prophetic-visionary nuance, and Swahili maono likewise distinguishes revelatory sight from ordinary looking. The twelve occurrences cluster tightly in apocalyptic and priestly literature. 12×
AR["الرُّؤْيَا","الْمَرْأَى","فِي-الرُّؤْيَا","فِي-الْمَرْأَى","كَ-الْـمَرْأَى","كَـ-المَنْظَرِ","كَـ-الْ-مَرْأَى","وَ-مَرْأَى","وَ-مَرْئِيَّاتٌ"]·ben["-দর্শন","-দর্শনে","-দর্শনের","-দর্শনের-মতো","এবং-চেহারাগুলি","এবং-দর্শন","চেহারার-মতো","দর্শন","দর্শনে","দৃশ্যের-মতো"]·DE["der-Aussehen","gemaess-zu-der-Vision","in-Aussehen","und-Aussehen","wie-das-Aussehen"]·EN["according-to-the-vision","and-appearances","and-vision-of","in-the-vision","like-the-appearance","the-vision"]·FR["et-de-il-a-vu","et-vision","selon-le-vision","vision"]·heb["ב-מראה","ה-מראה","ו-מראה","ו-מראות","כ-ה-כמראה","כ-מראה"]·HI["और-दर्शन","जैसा-दर्शन","दर्शन","दर्शन-के-अनुसार","दर्शन-के-समान","दर्शन-को","दर्शन-में","में-दर्शन"]·ID["-penglihatan","Dan-penglihatan","dalam-penglihatan","dan-penglihatan-penglihatan","penglihatan-itu","seperti-penampilan","seperti-penglihatan"]·IT["come-l'aspetto","e-aspetto","il-aspetto","in-aspetto","secondo-il-visione"]·jav["bab-wahyu-punika","ing-wahyu","kados-katingal","kados-wujud-punika","lan-katingal-katingal","lan-wahyu","miturut-wujud","wahyu-punika"]·KO["그-모양-같은","그-환상-안에서","그-환상이","그리고-모습-은","그리고-모양들","모습-을","모양-같이","에-그-환상에서라","처럼-그-모양","환상-을"]·PT["E-a-visão-da","a-visão","como-a-aparência","conforme-a-aparência","e-aparências","na-visão"]·RU["в-видении","видение","видением","и-видение","и-видения","как-видение","по-видению"]·ES["Y-visión-de","como-la-apariencia","como-la-visión","en-la-visión","la-visión","y-apariencias"]·SW["Na-maono-ya","kama-maono","kama-mwonekano","katika-maono","kulingana-na-maono","maono","na-maono"]·TR["-e-göre-görünüm","el","gibi","görümde","görümü","göründen","görünüşü-gibi","ve-görünler","ve-görünüşü","ve-çıktı"]·urd["اور-رؤیائیں","اور-رویا","اُس-منظر-کی-طرح","جیسے-رؤیا","رویا","رویا-میں","رویا-کو","نمونے-کے-مطابق"]
3. sight, act of seeing — The faculty or act of visual perception, or a spectacle beheld. In Exodus 3:3 Moses says 'let me turn aside and see this great sight'; Deuteronomy 28:34 warns of madness 'from the sight of your eyes.' This sense also includes being visible or in view. Nine occurrences carry this meaning, bridging the gap between the physical and the figurative—what one witnesses rather than how something looks. 9×
AR["الْمَنْظَرَ","بِـ-رُؤْيَةِ","رُؤْيَةُ","رُؤْيَتِهِ","لِمَنْظَرِ","مِنْ-مَرْأَى","وَ-عِيَانًا","وَمِنْ-مَرْأَى","وُ-بِ-مَرْأَي"]·ben["-চোখের-দৃষ্টি-অনুসারে","এবং-দর্শনে","এবং-দৃশ্য-থেকে","এবং-দৃষ্টিতে","তার-দর্শনের","দৃশ্য-থেকে","দৃশ্যটি","দেখা","দেখার-জন্যে"]·DE["[ובמראי]","[למראה]","[מראיו]","der-sight","und-sight","und-von-sight-von","von-sah","von-sight-von","zu-Aussehen"]·EN["and-from-sight-of","and-in-the-sight-of","and-sight","at-sight-of-","by-sight-of","from-sight-of","his-sight","sight-of","the-sight"]·FR["[למראה]","apparence","de-sight-de","et-apparence","et-de-sight-de","et-sight","le-vue","son-apparence-lui","vision"]·heb["ה-מראה","ו-ב-מראי","ו-מ-מראה","ו-מראה","ל-מראה","מ-מראה","מראה","מראיו"]·HI["उसे-देखते-ही","और-दर्शन","और-दृश्य-से","और-दृष्टि-में","के-देखने-","दृश्य-से","देखना","देखने","द्रिश्य"]·ID["dan-dalam-pemandangan","dan-dengan-penglihatan","dan-karena-pemandangan","dari-pemandangan","dengan-penglihatan","menurut-penglihatan","pemandangan","penampakannya","penglihatan"]·IT["a-aspetto","aspetto","da-sight-di","e-da-sight-di","e-in-e-in-il-sight-di","e-sight","his-sight-suo","il-sight","sight-of"]·jav["lan-amargi-pandulu","lan-ing-pandulu","lan-wadana","miturut-ingkang-katingal","pamandangan","pamirsa","paningalipun","saking-pandulu","wonten-ing-paningal"]·KO["(전)-광경-에서","-보임-앞에","그-광경을","그것-의-모습을","그리고-(전)-광경-에서","그리고-보이는-것들-에서","그리고-형상으로","보이는-것","보이는-대로"]·PT["a-visão","ao-ver","da-visão-de","e-na-vista-de","e-por-visão-de","e-visão","pela-visão-de","sua-aparência","é-vista-de"]·RU["виде-его","видение","видеть","глаз","и-в-видениях","и-видение","и-от-вида","от-вида","по-видимости"]·ES["a-vista-de","la-visión","por-vista-de","su-vista","vista-de","y-en-vistas-de","y-por-vista-de","y-visiblemente"]·SW["jambo","kulingana-na-kuona","kumuona","kuona-kwa","kwa-kuona","kwa-sababu-ya-maono","na-katika-maono-ya","na-kwa-sababu-ya-maono","na-mwonekano"]·TR["gorunumune-gore","gorusu","görüntüden-","görüntüyü","görünüşüne","görünüşüyle","ve-goruslerinde","ve-görüntüsünden-","ve-görünüş"]·urd["اور-دیکھنے-سے","اور-ظاہر-طور-پر","اور-میں-نظروں","اُس-کے-دیکھنے","دیکھنا","دیکھنے-سے","دیکھنے-میں","نظارے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
מַרְאֶה102 n.m. Ex 3:3 sight, appearance, vision;—מ׳ abs. Gn 12:11 +; cstr. מַרְאֵה Dt 28:34 +; sf. מַרְאֵהוּ Jo 2:4 +, מַרְאֶהָ Lv 13:4 +; appar. pl. cstr. מַרְאֵי Ec 11:9 (Köii. 1, 112), sf. (prob. in fact sg. Ges93 ss) מַרְאַיִךְ Ct 2:14(×2), מַרְאֵיהֶן Na 2:5 +, etc.;— 1. †a. sight, phenomenon, spectacle Ex 3:3 (J). b. appearance נֶחְמָד לְמ׳ Gn 2:9 (J) desirable in appearance, גָּדוֹל לְמ׳…