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title: רעה — break · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רעה (lemma:רעה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: break. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רעה

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«רעה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **break** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:רעה · **BDB:** רעה

### Glosses

utterly.(break) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

break [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5e2_5d4/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Aramaic רְעָא ܪܥܶܐ, take pleasure (in), desire, = Arabic رضى \[Heb. רָצָה\], whence Aramaic רְעוּתָא desire, רַעֲיָנָא, רַעֲיוֹנָא, ܪܶܥܝܳܢܳܐ opinion, thought, disposition, and following late and Aramaic words in Heb., cf. NöZMG liv (1900), 155; \> De Siegf Qoh. 18 al. from I. רעה 2 b, cf. Ho 12:2, and Arabic رَعَى watch, regard, respect (Lane) \[BaWU 46 f. Kau Aramaismen 82 f. deriv foll. from I. רעה = observe, attend to, specif. tend sheep, also aim at, purpose\]).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (11 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רעה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5e2_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 24:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.19/)

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רֹ֥עָה הִֽתְרֹעֲעָ֖ה הָאָ֑רֶץ פּ֤וֹר הִֽתְפּוֹרְרָה֙ אֶ֔רֶץ מ֥וֹט הִֽתְמוֹטְטָ֖ה אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* utterly.(break) it.has.been.broken the earth utterly.(split) it.has.been.split.through \[the\].earth utterly.(shake) it.has.been.shaken \[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* The earth is broken, broken down, the earth is crumbled in pieces, the earth trembleth and tottereth;

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