רַעְיָה
raʻyâh · H7474 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences
Meanings
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Female person who has a special and intimate relationship with another person ((my) friend, (my) love, (my) beloved)
ExamplesSong of Solomon 1:9 “To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
Song of Solomon 1:15 “How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves.”
Song of Solomon 2:2 “Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the young women.”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
9 occurrences in 1 groups
- יmy 9
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- יָפֶהbeautiful 2
- אָחוֹתsister 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כֵּןthus 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- עָמִית ʻâmîyth · H5997 · neighbor, fellow-citizen
- Both can denote a companion, fellow or associate. רַעְיָה (raʻyâh, H7474) also carries the sense of love.
- חַבָּר chabbâr · H2271 · partner
- Both lexemes denote persons in some form of companionship or fellowship relationship (companion vs. fellow/love).
In the other Testament 1 word
- πλησίον plēsíon · G4139 · quite near, nearby, neighbor
- Greek πλησίον serves as the standard translation equivalent for Hebrew רַעְיָה in its sense of 'neighbor' or 'fellow,' reflecting the semantic field of social proximity and communal relationship that both terms denote in their respective biblical corpora.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Friends001001003003
- Song of Solomon 1:9, 15, 2:2, 10, and 13 all repeatedly address the beloved as "my darling," attesting the sense of a cherished companion or fellow.
Word family 14 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7474. rayah [רַעְיָה] noun feminine companion; — of beloved bride, suffix רַעְיָתִי Son…
[רַעְיָה] noun feminine companion; — of beloved bride, suffix רַעְיָתִי Son 1:9, Son 1:15; Son 2:2, Son 2:10, Son 2:13; Son 4:1, Son 4:7; Son 5:2; Son 6:4; so of attendant maidens Jdg 11:37 Kt, but see foregoing.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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