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marʿīt מַרְעִית ‘pasturing’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bēt-ʿēqed hārōʿīm בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים ‘of Shepherds / to pasture / to accompany / to befriend’ in the sense of feeding
Roots: רעה

marʿīt n, f
1) pasturing, pasturage, shepherding
 1a) pasturing, shepherding
 1b) pasturage
 1c) flock (meton)

Mentioned in Isaiah 49:9 Jeremiah 23:1, 25:36, 10:21 Ezekiel 34:31 Hosea 13:6 Psalms 74:1, 95:7, 100:3, 79:13

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