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rᵊʿūt רְעוּת ‘longing’ (Hebrew)

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

rᵊʿūt n, m
1) longing, striving

Mentioned in Ecclesiastes 2:26, 2:11, 4:4, 1:14, 2:17, 6:9, 4:6

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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