H4830

מַרְעִית

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pasturing

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[מַרְעִית] noun feminine pasturing, shepherding, pasturage (always figurative); — suffix מַרְעִיתִי Jer 23:1; Ezek 34:31, מַרְעִיתֶ֑ךָ Ps 74:1; Ps 79:13, etc.; —

1. pasturing, shepherding, צאֹן מַרְעִיתִי, of Israel as flock of ׳י, Jer 23:1; Ezek 34:31, compare Ps 74:1; Ps 79:13; Ps 100:3 + Ps 95:7(read וְעַם יָדוֺ ׳מ ׳צ, compare Hup-Now Che).
2. pasturage, Hos 13:6 (Now כִּרְעוֺתָם), Isa 49:9; Jer 25:36.
3. by meton. = flock Jer 10:21.


10 occurrences

Psalms (4), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1)