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title: רְעוּת — fellow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְעוּת (7468), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: fellow. BDB 1906: n.f. fellow (-woman). With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְעוּת

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«רְעוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fellow** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7468 · **BDB:** רְעוּת

### Glosses

\[fem\] (2); companion (2); her.fellow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fellow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7468/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. fellow (-woman) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7468/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. fellow (-woman);—sf. in recipr. phr. אִשָּׁה מֵאֵת רְעוּתָהּ Ex 11:2 (E) each from her fellow (‖ אִישׁ מֵאֵת רֵעֵהוּ, cf. ii. רֵעַ 3); cf. Je 9:19; of birds of prey (דַּוּוֹת) Is 34:15 cf. v 16; people under fig. of sheep Zc 11:9; רְעוּתָהּ Est 1:19 = another than she (cf. 1 S 15:28 ii. רֵעַ 2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְעוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7468/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 34:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.15/)

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שָׁ֣מָּה קִנְּנָ֤ה קִפּוֹז֙ וַתְּמַלֵּ֔ט וּבָקְעָ֖ה וְדָגְרָ֣ה בְצִלָּ֑הּ אַךְ־שָׁ֛ם נִקְבְּצ֥וּ דַיּ֖וֹת אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* there (to) it.will.make.a.nest arrow.snake\[s\] and it.laid.eggs and it.will.hatch and it.will.gather.a.brood in shadow its surely there they.will.be.gathered red.kites each companion its

*JPS 1917:* There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and brood under her shadow; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.

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[Jeremiah 9:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.9.19/)

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כִּֽי־שְׁמַ֤עְנָה נָשִׁים֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה וְתִקַּ֥ח אָזְנְכֶ֖ם דְּבַר־פִּ֑יו וְלַמֵּ֤דְנָה בְנֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ נֶ֔הִי וְאִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָ֖הּ קִינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) hear O.women the.word of.Yahweh and let.it.receive ear your the.word his.mouth his and teach daughters your a.mourning.song and every.woman \[fem\] her.neighbor a.lamentation

*JPS 1917:* Yea, hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of His mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation:

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