I. רָעָה167
verb
pasture, tend, graze (Assyrian
rê°û
, verb pasture, noun ruler, Tel Amarna
ru—i
(as Canaanism) WklNo. 181, 11; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 5110], Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 5111] Aramaic רְעָא,
[untranscribed source text 5112], all = Biblical Hebrew); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive
וְרָעָה
Mic 5:3 +, 1 singular
suffix consecutive
זּרְעִיתִים
Ezek 34:13, 3
plural suffix consecutive
וְרָעוּם
Jer 23:4, etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular
יִרְעֶה
Isa 27:20 +,
jussive
יֵ֫רַע
Job 20:26,
suffix
יִרְעֶנָּה
Ps 80:14,
וַיִרְעֵם
Ps 78:72 (
׳
וַיַּר
Hiph`il
van d. H.), etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
רְעֵה
Mic 7:14 +,
suffix
רְעֵם
Ps 28:9
feminine singular
רְעִי
Song 1:8
masculine plural
רְעוּ
Gen 29:7
Infinitive construct
לִרְעוֺת
Gen 37:12 +,
etc.;
Participle
רֹעֶה
Gen 30:36 +,
suffix
רֹעִי
Ps 23:1 +;
feminine singular
רֹעָה
Gen 29:9;
Prov 25:19
, etc.; —
1.
transitive
a.
pasture, tend (pascere), literal, with accusative צאֹן
Gen 30:31
;
Gen 30:36; Gen 37:12 (all
J
), Exod
3:1 (
E
),
1Sam 17:15; 1Sam 25:16; Isa 61:5, accusative of asses Gen 36:24
(
P
), kids
Song 1:8 accusative (צאֹן) omitted Gen 29:7; Gen 37:13
(ב location) Gen 37:16 (all
J
),
Song 1:7 (|| הִרְבִּיץ), Job 24:2 (
ᵐ5
Me
Siegf
Bu
וְרֹעוֺ); — metaphor גֹּרֶן וָיֶקֶב לֹא יִרְעֵם
Hos 9:2,
but read יֵדָעֵם
ᵐ5
We
Now
GASm; מָוֶת יִרְעֵם
Ps 49:15
.
b.
figurative of ׳
י
, accusative of person, Gen 48:15 (
E
) God, who shepherded me; with accusative of people, as flock Hos 4:16
;
Isa 40:11; Mic 7:14 (בְּשִׁבְטֶ֑ךָ), Ezek 34:13 (pregnantly,
with אֶל location), Ezek 34:14
Ezek 34:15
(+ הִרְבִּיץ
), Ezek 34:16; Ps 28:9.
c.
figurative of ruler, and
teacher, accusative of people, as flock
, 2Sam
5:2 = 1Chr 11:2; 2Sam 7:1 = 1Chr 17:6; Ps 78:72
; Jer
3:15;
Jer 23:2; Jer 23:4; Ezek 34:2; Ezek 34:3; Ezek 34:8; Ezek
34:10; Ezek 34:23 (twice in verse); Zech 11:4; Zech 11:7 (twice in verse);
Zech 11:9
of teaching, יִרְעוּ רַבִּים שִׂפְתֵי צַדִּיק
Prov
10:21 with ב of people Ps 78:71 absolute Mic 5:3 with accusative of
person reflexive pastured (fed, enriched) themselves
Ezek 34:2
;
Ezek 34:8; Ezek 34:10.
d.
especially participle
רֹעֶה, etc., as
substantive = shepherd, herdsman
: (I) literal,
צאֹן רֹעֵה
Gen 4:2;
Gen 46:32
;
Gen 46:34; Gen 47:3 (all
J
), ׳
רֹעֶה בַּצּ
Gen 37:2
(
E
),
1Sam 16:11; 1Sam 17:34
רֹעֵי מִקְנֶה
Gen 13:7
(twice in verse) (
J
); ׳
(ה)ר alone, singular Amos 3:12 + 7 t. (all in simile); רֹעָה
shepherdess, Gen 29:9 (
J
); כְּלִי רֹעֶה אֱוִילִי
Zech
11:15 (see
כְּלִי
2.c.), as symbol; plural (הָ)רֹעִים
Amos
1:2;
Exod 2:17; Exod 2:19 (
J
) 1Sam
21:8 (׳
אַבִּיר הָר; Gr
Dr
Bu
Kit Löhr חָרָצִים
׳
א;
ᵐ5
LagBN 45
HPS
אֹבִיל הָעְַיָרִים, but compare We) + 8
t. + Isa 31:4
(
simile), Isa 38:12 (read רֹעִים
for רֹעִי
Perles29
Du
CheHpt compare Di
), compare (suffix) Gen 13:8 (twice in verse) (
J
); כְּלִי הָרֹעִים
1Sam 17:40 (see
כְּלִי
3); — בֵּידעֵֿקֶד הָרִעִיס. (2) figurative of ruler (as often
Assyrian; compare Greek (Homer) ποιμένα
λαῶν), absolute singular Jer 17:16
figurative of prophet (but Aq Symm ᵑ6 Gie Du Co מֵרָעָה
); Zech 10:2
;
Zech 11:16; Zech 13:7b + 8 t. Jeremiah, Ezekiel; suffix of ׳
י, רֹעִי
Isa 44:28
(of Cyrus), Zech 13:7a.;
Zech 13:17
(read רֹעִי הָאֱוִילִי
We
Now
GASm); absolute plural Isa 56:11; Jer 2:8; Jer 3:15; Mic 5:4; Zech 10:3; Zech 11:5;
Zech 11:8
+ 18 t. Jeremiah Ezek 34, + (of Assyrian leaders) Nah 3:18
׳
רֹעֵי יִשׂ
Ezek 34:2
צאֹנוֺ רֹעֵי
Isa 63:11
(but read רֹעֵה [of Moses]
ᵐ5
Targam Di
Du and others). (3) epithet of ׳
רֹעִי ׃ י
׳
י
Ps 23:1,
׳
רֹעֵה יִשׂ
Ps 80:2,
׳
רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשׂ
Gen 49:24
(poem in
J
; read construct רֹעֵה. compare Commentaries); מֵרֹעֶה אֶחָד
Eccl 12:11
De
Wild, < president of assembly of sages
Siegf
SS.
2.
intransitive
feed, graze:
a.
literally of cows, sheep, etc.: with ב location
Gen 41:2;
Gen 41:18
(
E
),
1Chr 27:29 with accusative of pasture Isa 30:23 with עַל
location
Zeph 2:7 (עֲלֵי הַיָּם for
ᵑ0
עֲלֵיהֶם, see Now); אֶלמֿוּל
location Exod
34:3 (
J
); absolute Isa 5:17; Isa 11:7 (|| רבץ; but see
רעה
below) Isa 27:10 (|| id.), Isa 65:25; Jonah 3:7;
Job 1:14.
b.
figurative of idolater
, Isa
44:20
he feedeth on ashes (accusative); compare Hos 12:2 Ephraimitic source
feedeth on wind (acc); אִוֶּלֶת
׳
פִּי כְסִילִים יִר
Prov 15:14
(so
Vrss
Qr
;
Kt
פני for פי) the mouth of fools feeds on folly (Toy;
Buhl √ II. רעה,
Gerber162 below III. רעה); in Canticles,
with ב location, figurative of lover Song 2:16; Song 6:2; Song 6:3 of breasts (like gazelles) Song 4:5.
c.
figurative, of Israel as flock
Isa 14:30
(|| רבץ), read (יַ֯
) בְּכָרֹי
in my pasture(s), for
ᵑ0
בְּכוֺרֵי, Koppe Ew
Di
Du (otherwise CheHpt
, compare Marti); Zeph 3:13 (|| id..);
with עַלדְּֿרָכִים
Isa 49:9
with accusative of pasture-land Jer 50:19; Mic 7:14; Ezek 34:14b ( + אֶל location), Ezek 34:18
Ezek 34:19 hence crop, strip, i.e. devastate, of conqueror, with accusative
of land Mic 5:6
, cf; אֶתיָֿדוֺ
Jer 6:3 so
יִרְעוּךְ קָדְקֹד; Jer 2:16 accusative of Israel under figure of vine (subject foes, as
beasts) Ps
80:14.
d. subject wind, with accusative of person Jer 22:22, i. e. drive them
away; subject fire, with accusative of thing, יֵרַע
Job 20:26
, but read perhaps יֵרָע,
Niph`al (Ol
Di
Hoffm
Siegf
Bu; otherwise Du).
רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה֯
Job
24:21 is difficult; Bu
חֵרַע for ׳
ר; more radical conjectures in Du.
