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Hosea 4:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H6510 heifer כפרה

H5637 slideth back סררה

H5637 as a backsliding סרר

H3478 Israel ישׂראל

H6258 now עתה

H7462 will feed ירעם

H3068 the LORD יהוה

H3532 them as a lamb ככבשׂ

H4800 in a large place במרחב׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H3478 Israel

slideth

H5637 back

H5637 backsliding

H6510 heifer

H6258 now

the

H3068 LORD

will

H7462 feed

them

H3532 lamb

large

H4800 place

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7462

Hebrew: רָעָה

Transliteration: râʻâh

Pronunciation: raw-aw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: X-(idiom) {break} {companion} keep company {with} {devour} eat {up} evil {entreat} {feed} use as a {friend} make friendship {with} {herdman} keep [sheep] ({-er}) {pastor} + shearing {house} {shepherd} {wander} waste.

Definition:

to tend a {flock} that {is} pasture it; intransitively to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension to associate with (as a friend)

1. to pasture, tend, graze, feed

a. (Qal)

1. to tend, pasture 1a

b. to shepherd 1a

c. of ruler, teacher (fig) 1a

d. of people as flock (fig) 1a

e. shepherd, herdsman (subst)

1. to feed, graze 1a

f. of cows, sheep etc (literal) 1a

g. of idolater, Israel as flock (fig)

h. (Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess

2. to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)

a. (Qal) to associate with

b. (Hithpael) to be companions

3. (Piel) to be a special friend

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906