fa-ra · W154
fara · fear/awe, forceful affect · ✅
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| Domain | general / affect / theology |
| Class | state / affect |
| Type | compound |
| Register | general |
| First use | S408 — fa-ra go ka-se lo-Elohim (fear/awe because deliberately looking at Elohim = Moses was afraid to look at God) |
Composition
fa (affective substrate) + ra (energy/force) = felt-interior-force = forceful affect = fear / awe. Distinct from fa-de-ra (W155: suffering = affect-decrease-force, i.e. force draining away); fa-ra is the presence of overwhelming force, not its diminishment.
Definition
fear; awe; forceful affect. The intense interior state of overwhelming force arising in the affective substrate. Covers both fear (aversive overwhelming force) and awe (overwhelm with a positive or sublime valence) — context provides the valence.
Notes
Moses hid his face because of fa-ra: the affect-force of the divine presence was overwhelming. fa-ra covers the full range from primal fear to profound awe — both are the same affective structure (intense inner force); the valence (is this threatening or sublime?) is context-determined, not encoded in the compound.
Related
fa (primitive: affective substrate), ra (primitive: energy/force), fa-de-ra (W155: suffering, affect-decrease-force — contrasting form), fa-wi-zi (W136: lust, affect-desire-to-couple)
In the corpus
2 attestations.
| S# | Tonesu |
|---|---|
| S408 | la-na-Moses ka-ko lo-se-lu-ze / fa-ra go ka-se lo-ElohimMoses hid his face; he was afraid to look at God. |
| S708 | wi-ra : fa-ra su nu-be fa-voAs for authority: fear has more structural reliability than love. |
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