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title: מַרְעִית — pasturing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַרְעִית (4830), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: pasturing. BDB 1906: n.f. pasturing, shepherding, pasturage. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַרְעִית

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«מַרְעִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pasturing** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 10 times · **Key:** 4830 · **BDB:** מַרְעִית

### Glosses

his.pasture (2); my.pasture (2); pasture (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pasturing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4830/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pasturing, shepherding, pasturage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4830/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pasturing, shepherding, pasturage (always fig.);—sf. מַרְעִיתִי Je 23:1 Ez 34:31, מַרְעִיתֶ֑ךָ ψ 74:1; 79:13, etc.;— pasturing, shepherding, צֹאן מַרְעִיתִי, of Isr. as flock of י׳, Je 23:1; Ez 34:31, cf. ψ 74:1; 79:13; 100:3 + 95:7 (read צ׳ מ׳ וְעֶם יָדוֹ, cf. Hup-Now Che). pastureage, Ho 13:6 (Now כִּרְעוֹתָם), Is 49:9 Je 25:36. by meton. = flock Je 10:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַרְעִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4830/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 23:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.1/)

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ה֣וֹי רֹעִ֗ים מְאַבְּדִ֧ים וּמְפִצִ֛ים אֶת־צֹ֥אן מַרְעִיתִ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* woe.to! \[the\].shepherds \[who.are\].causing.to.stray and \[who.are\].scattering (et) the.flock my.pasture my the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Woe unto the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture! saith the LORD.

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[Hosea 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.13.6/)

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כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ וַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּ שָׂבְע֖וּ וַיָּ֣רָם לִבָּ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃

*Word for word:* according to their.pasture and they.were.satisfied they.were.satisfied and it.was.exalted heart their therefore they forgot.me

*JPS 1917:* When they were fed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten Me.

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