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raʿyōn רַעְיוֹן ‘striving’ (Hebrew)

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

raʿyōn n, m
1) longing, striving

Mentioned in Ecclesiastes 2:22, 4:16, 1:17

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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