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title: רַעְיָה — companion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַעְיָה (7474), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: companion. BDB 1906: n.f. companion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַעְיָה

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«רַעְיָה» 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 7474 · **BDB:** רַעְיָה

### Glosses

my.friend (7); friend (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

companion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7474/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. companion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7474/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. companion;—of beloved bride, sf. רַעְיָתִי Ct 1:9, 15; 2:2, 10, 13; 4:1, 7; 5:2; 6:4; so of attendant maidens Ju 11:37 Kt, but v. foregoing.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 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 «רַעְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7474/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 1:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.9/)

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לְסֻסָתִי֙ בְּרִכְבֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה דִּמִּיתִ֖יךְ רַעְיָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* to mare my among the.chariots of.Pharaoh I liken.you my.friend my

*JPS 1917:* I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

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[Song of Songs 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.7/)

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כֻּלָּ֤ךְ יָפָה֙ רַעְיָתִ֔י וּמ֖וּם אֵ֥ין בָּֽךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* of.you all \[is\].beautiful my.friend my and blemish there.\[is\].not in you

*JPS 1917:* Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee.

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