bēt-ʿēqed hārōʿīm בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים ‘^Aof Shepherds, ^Bto pasture, ^Cto accompany, ^Dto befriend’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root
Variants: רָעָה, בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים, רָעָה

bēt-ʿēqed hārōʿīm ^Apr n loc ^Bv ^Cv ^Dv
ARa'ah = "pasturing"
n pr loc
1) perh. "binding-house of the shepherds"
B1) to pasture, tend, graze, feed
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to tend, pasture
1a1a) to shepherd
1a1b) of ruler, teacher (fig)
1a1c) of people as flock (fig)
1a1d) shepherd, herdsman (subst)
  1a2) to feed, graze
1a2a) of cows, sheep etc (literal)
1a2b) of idolater, Israel as flock (fig)
 1b) (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess
C1) to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)
 1a) (Qal) to associate with
 1b) (Hithpael) to be companions
D1) (Piel) to be a special friend