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title: רֵעַ — purpose · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵעַ (7454), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: purpose. BDB 1906: purpose, aim. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵעַ

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«רֵעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **purpose** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7454 · **BDB:** רֵעַ⁴

### Glosses

thought\[s\] (1); thoughts (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

purpose [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7454/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

purpose, aim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7454/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] purpose, aim;—sf. רֵעִי ψ 139:2 (of man), pl. sf. רֵעֶיךָ v 17 (of E†l).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7454/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.17/)

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וְלִ֗י מַה־יָּקְר֣וּ רֵעֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑ל מֶ֥ה עָ֝צְמוּ רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and to me how! they.are.precious thoughts your O.God how! they.are.vast sum(s) their

*JPS 1917:* How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

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[Psalms 139:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.2/)

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אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃

*Word for word:* you you.know sitting my and standing my you.understand (to) thought\[s\] my from a.distance

*JPS 1917:* Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.

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