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title: רָאָה — kite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָאָה (7203), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: kite. BDB 1906: seer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָאָה

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«רָאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kite** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 7203 · **BDB:** רֹאֶה

### Glosses

seer (9); seers (1); the.seer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7203/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

seer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7203/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] seer, c. art. הָר׳ (except 2 S 15:27);—old name for נָבִיא 1 S 9:9b, used of Sam. v 9a, 11, 18, 19 and (as archaism) 1 Ch 9:22; 26:28; 29:29; of חֲנָנִי 2 Ch 16:7, 10; הֲרוֹאִה appar. of Zadok 2 S 15:27, but crpt. (conj. in We Dr); pl. (c. prep.) לָרֹאִים Is 30:10 the seers, as a class.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7203/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 9:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.18/)

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וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ שָׁא֛וּל אֶת־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל בְּת֣וֹךְ הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י אֵי־זֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית הָרֹאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.approached Saul (et) Samuel in the.middle of the.gate and he.said tell please to me where? this \[is\].the.house of the.seer

*JPS 1917:* Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.'

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[Isaiah 30:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.10/)

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אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָמְר֤וּ לָֽרֹאִים֙ לֹ֣א תִרְא֔וּ וְלַ֣חֹזִ֔ים לֹ֥א תֶחֱזוּ־לָ֖נוּ נְכֹח֑וֹת דַּבְּרוּ־לָ֣נוּ חֲלָק֔וֹת חֲז֖וּ מַהֲתַלּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* who they.have.said to the seers not you.must.see and to the seers not you.must.see for us straightforwardness(es) speak to us flattering.\[words\] see deception(s)

*JPS 1917:* That say to the seers: 'See not,' and to the prophets: 'Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy delusions;

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