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Hebrew
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adjective
רָעָה • (ra'á, rɔʕɔ)
- feminine singular indefinite form of רַע (ra)
Noun
רָעָה • (ra'á, rɔʕɔ) f (singular construct רָעַת־)
- Something bad: an evil, tragedy, harm, disaster.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
רֹעֶה • (ro'é, roʕɛ) m
- defective spelling of רוֹעֶה (“shepherd”)
Verb
רָעָה • (ra'á, rɔʕɔ) (pa'al construction)
- (transitive) to herd
- (intransitive) to graze
- (transitive, figurative) to lead, direct on a course, show the way
- (transitive, figurative, Biblical Hebrew) to devour, lay waste to
Conjugation
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
רָעָה • (ra'á, rɔʕɔ) (pa'al construction)
- (intransitive, chiefly Biblical Hebrew, poetic) to associate with
- Synonym: הִתְחַבֵּר (hitkhabér, hiṯḥabber)
Tanach, Proverbs 28:7, with translation of the New International Version:נוֹצֵר תּוֹרָה בֵּן מֵבִין וְרֹעֶה זוֹלְלִים יַכְלִים אָבִיו׃- noṣer torɔ ben meḇin wəroʕɛ zoləlim yaḵlim ʔɔḇiw
- A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
Usage notes
Almost always found in the participle, רוֹעֶה (ro'é, roʕɛ).
Derived terms
Verb
רֵעָה • (re'á, reʕɔ) (pi'el construction)
- defective spelling of ריעה (“to become friends”)
Etymology 4
Noun
רֵעָה • (re'á, reʕɔ) f (plural indefinite רֵעוֹת)
- (literary) female equivalent of רֵעַ (réa, réaʕ, “friend”)
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
Noun
רֵעֶה • (re'é, reʕɛ) m (plural indefinite רֵעִים)
- (Biblical Hebrew) Alternative form of רֵעַ (réa, réaʕ, “friend”)
Tanach, 2 Samuel 16:16, with translation of the King James Version:וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר־בָּא חוּשַׁי הָאַרְכִּי רֵעֶה דָוִד אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹום […]- wayhi kaʔăšɛr-bɔʔ Ḥušay hɔʔarki reʕɛ Ḏɔwiḏ ʔɛl-ʔaḇšɔlom
- And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom
Etymology 6
Pronunciation
Verb
רָעָה • (ra'á, rɔʕɔ) (pa'al construction)
- (transitive, Biblical Hebrew) Alternative form of רַע (rá, raʕ, “to shatter”)
Tanach, Jeremiah 2:16, with translation of the King James Version:גַּם־בְּנֵי־נֹף ותחפנס יִרְעוּךְ קָדְקֹד׃- gam-bəne-nop̄ yirʕuḵə qoḏqoḏ
- Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
Etymology 7
Pronunciation
Verb
רַעָה • (rá'a, ráʕɔ)
- Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of רַע (rá, raʕ, “to shatter”)
Verb
רַעָה • (ra'á, raʕɔ)
- Feminine singular present participle and present tense of רַע (rá, raʕ, “to shatter”)
Etymology 8
Pronunciation
Noun
רֵעָהּ • (re'áh, reʕɔh)
- singular form of רֵעַ with third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor: her friend.
Etymology 9
Pronunciation
Noun
רַעָהּ or רָעָהּ • (ra'áh, raʕɔh or rɔʕɔh)
- singular form of רַע with third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor: her evil.
Etymology 10
Pronunciation
Noun
רֹעָהּ • (ro'áh, roʕɔh)
- defective spelling of רועה (“her badness”)
Etymology 11
Pronunciation
Noun
רֵעָהּ • (re'áh, reʕɔh)
- singular form of רֵעַ with third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as possessor: her thought.
Further reading
- H7462 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “רעהI”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 622
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “רעהII”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 622
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “רעהIV”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 622
- “רעה” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת).
- “רעה”, in Milog