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title: רֵעָה — companion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֵעָה (7464), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: companion. BDB 1906: n.f. companion, attendant. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֵעָה

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«רֵעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **companion** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7464 · **BDB:** רֵעָה

### Glosses

companions (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

companion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7464/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. companion, attendant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7464/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. companion, attendant;—of maidens, pl. sf. רֵעוֹתָ֑י Ju 11:37 Qr (\> Kt רעיתי), רֵעוֹתֶיהָ v 38 ψ 45:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֵעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7464/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 45:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.15/)

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לִרְקָמוֹת֮ תּוּבַ֪ל לַ֫מֶּ֥לֶךְ בְּתוּל֣וֹת אַ֭חֲרֶיהָ רֵעוֹתֶ֑יהָ מ֖וּבָא֣וֹת לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* to multicolored.material she.is.brought to the king virgins \[are\].behind her companions her.\[female\] \[are.being\].brought to you

*JPS 1917:* She shall be led unto the king on richly woven stuff; the virgins her companions in her train being brought unto thee.

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[Judges 11:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.38/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לֵ֔כִי וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח אוֹתָ֖הּ שְׁנֵ֣י חֳדָשִׁ֑ים וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ הִיא֙ וְרֵ֣עוֹתֶ֔יהָ וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ עַל־בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָ עַל־הֶהָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.said go and he.sent.away her two months and she.went she and companions her and she.wept on virginiti(es) her on the mountains

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'Go.' And he sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

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