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Genesis 37:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 And he said ויאמר

H853 את

H251 my brethren אחי

H595 I אנכי

H1245 seek מבקשׁ

H5046 tell הגידה

H4994 pray thee נא

H375 where לי איפה

H1992 they הם

H7462 feed רעים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H559 said

H595 I

H1245 seek

H251 brethren

H5046 tell

H595 I

pray

H4994 thee

H375 where

H1992 they

H7462 feed

their

flocks

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