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title: רְעוּת — longing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְעוּת (7469), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: longing. BDB 1906: n.f. longing, striving. 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: **longing** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 7469 · **BDB:** רְעוּת²

### Glosses

striving (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

longing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7469/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. longing, striving [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7469/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. longing, striving;—cstr., הֶבֶל וּר׳ רוּחַ Ec 1:14; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4; 6:9; עָמָל וּר׳ רוּחַ 4:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 0 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/1512/7469/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 4:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.6/)

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ט֕וֹב מְלֹ֥א כַ֖ף נָ֑חַת מִמְּלֹ֥א חָפְנַ֛יִם עָמָ֖ל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good \[the\].fullness of.a.palm of.quietness more than.\[the\].fullness of.\[the\].hollow.of.hands toil and striving of.wind

*JPS 1917:* Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.

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[Ecclesiastes 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.6.9/)

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ט֛וֹב מַרְאֵ֥ה עֵינַ֖יִם מֵֽהֲלָךְ־נָ֑פֶשׁ גַּם־זֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל וּרְע֥וּת רֽוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].good \[the\].sight of.eyes more than.going desire also this \[is\].futility and striving of.wind

*JPS 1917:* Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire; this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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