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rᵊʿūt רְעוּת ‘neighbor’ (Hebrew)

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

rᵊʿūt n, f
1) female companion, mate, neighbour woman

Mentioned in Exodus 11:2 Isaiah 34:16, 34:15 Jeremiah 9:19 Zechariah 11:9 Esther 1:19

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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