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Ecclesiastes 12:11

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1697 The words דברי

H2450 of the wise חכמים

H1861 are as goads כדרבנות

H4930 and as nails וכמשׂמרות

H5193 fastened נטועים

H1167 by the masters בעלי

H627 of assemblies אספות

H5414 which are given נתנו

H7462 מרעה

H259 אחד׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

The

H1697 words

the

H2450 wise

are

H1861 goads

and

H4930 nails

H5193 fastened

the

H1167 masters

H627 assemblies

which

are

H5414 given

from

one

H4480 shepherd

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