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Genesis 37:12

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1980 went וילכו

H251 And his brethren אחיו

H7462 to feed לרעות

H853 את

H6629 their father's flock צאן

H1 אביהם

H7927 in Shechem בשׁכם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

his

H251 brethren

H1980 went

H7462 feed

their

father's

H6629 flock

H7927 Shechem

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7462

Hebrew: רָעָה

Transliteration: râʻâh

Pronunciation: raw-aw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: X-(idiom) {break} {companion} keep company {with} {devour} eat {up} evil {entreat} {feed} use as a {friend} make friendship {with} {herdman} keep [sheep] ({-er}) {pastor} + shearing {house} {shepherd} {wander} waste.

Definition:

to tend a {flock} that {is} pasture it; intransitively to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension to associate with (as a friend)

1. to pasture, tend, graze, feed

a. (Qal)

1. to tend, pasture 1a

b. to shepherd 1a

c. of ruler, teacher (fig) 1a

d. of people as flock (fig) 1a

e. shepherd, herdsman (subst)

1. to feed, graze 1a

f. of cows, sheep etc (literal) 1a

g. of idolater, Israel as flock (fig)

h. (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess

2. to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)

a. (Qal) to associate with

b. (Hithpael) to be companions

3. (Piel) to be a special friend

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906