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shepherd (agent noun); to shepherd, tend, pasture; to graze, feed (intransitive); to consume, devour (figurative)
2. to shepherd, tend, pasture — The transitive verbal sense of actively tending, shepherding, or pasturing a flock (or people metaphorically), where the subject is the shepherd acting upon the flock — expressed across all finite conjugations (imperfect, perfect, imperative, infinitive, consecutive forms) and verbal participles, translated as apacentar/pastorear (Spanish), يَرْعَى transitive (Arabic), 치다/목양하다/먹이다 (Korean), -chunga/-lisha transitive (Swahili), चराना (Hindi). 60×
AR["أَرْعَاهَا","أَرْعَى","ارْعَ","اِرْعَ","تَرْعَى","فَ-رَعَيْتُ","لِرَعيِ","لِـ-رَعْيِ","لِيَرْعَى","هَ-رُوعِه","وَ-رَعَيْتُ","وَيَرْعَاهَا","وَيَرْعَى","يَرعاهُم","يَرعَيانِهِم","يَرْعَوْنَ"]·ben["-যিনি-চরান","আমি-চরাব","আর-সে-চরাবে","এবং-আমি-চরালাম","এবং-তিনি-চরাবেন","চরাও","চরাচ্ছে","চরাতে","চরাব","চরাবে","চরাবে-তাদের","পালন-করতে","পালন-করবে"]·DE["Boeses","Hirte","der-Boeses","und-Boeses","und-Hirte","und-weiden","weiden","weidend","wird-shepherd","zu-Hirte","zu-shepherd"]·EN["I-will-shepherd","Shepherd","and-I-shepherded","and-he-will-shepherd","and-shepherd","are-pasturing","pasturing","shall-feed-them","shepherd","the-one-pasturing","to-shepherd","will-pasture-them","will-shepherd"]·FR["[תרעה]","celui-qui-fait-paître","celui-qui-paît","et-mauvaise","et-paître","fera-berger","mauvaise","pasturing","paître","sont-pasturing","à-berger","à-paître"]·heb["ארעה","ה-רועה","ו-ארעה","ו-רעה","ירעם","ל-רעות","רעה","תרעה"]·HI["और-चराएगा","और-मैंने-चराया","और-वह-चराएगा-उन्हें","चरने","चरवाही-करने","चरा","चरा-रहे-हैं","चराएगा","चराएगा-उन्हें","चराने-को","चरानेवाला","मैं-चराऊँगा","मैं-चराऊँगा-उन्हें"]·ID["Aku-akan-menggembalakan","Gembalakanlah","akan-memberi-makan-mereka","akan-menggembalakan","akan-menggembalakan-mereka","dan-Aku-menggembalakan","dan-dia-akan-menggembalakan","dan-menggembalakan","menggembalakan","untuk-menggembalakan","yang-menggembalakan"]·IT["[תרעה]","a-pastore","e-pascolare","il-pascolare","pascolare","pastore","pasturing","sono-pasturing","vorrà-pastore"]·jav["Ingsun-badé-ngèn","badhé-ngengon","badhé-ngèn","engona","kang-ngengon","kangge-ngengon","kanggé-ngengèn","lan-ngengon","lan-ngengon-kula","lan-piyambakipun-ngèn","ngengen","ngengon-kula","ngingoni-piyambakipun","sami-ngengon-piyambakipun","supados-ngengon"]·KO["그리고-그가-모이리라","그리고-내가-쳤다","그리고-먹이시리라","내가-모이리라","내가-치지","먹이는-자-가","먹이는-자-라","먹이리라-그들을","모이리라","목양하고-있다","목양하기-위해","목양하는지","목양하도록","목양할-것이다","치기-위해","치라","치리라"]·PT["Apascenta","E-pastoreei","Pastoreia","alimentará-eles","apascentando","apascentar","apascentarei","apascentará-eles","apascentarás","apascentá-las-ei","e-apascentará","e-pastoreei","o-que-apascenta","para-apascentar","pastorearerei","pastorearás"]·RU["Паси","будет-пасти-их","будешь-пасти","буду-пасти","и-будет-пасти","и-пас-я","напитает-их","паси","пасти","пасут","пасущий"]·ES["Apacienta","Y-apacentaré","apacentan","apacentar","apacentaré","el-que-apacienta","los-alimentarán","los-apacentará","los-apacentaré,","os-apacentaré","para-apacentar","para-pastorear","pastorearás","y-apacentará","y-apacentaré"]·SW["alishaye","atawalisha","chunga","kuchunga","kulisha","na-atachungisha","na-atawachunga","na-nikaichunga","nitawachunga","utachunga","walisha","wanachunga"]·TR["Güt","besleyecek-onları","güdecek-onları","güdeceksin","güdeceğim","güdüyorlar","güt","gütmek-için","otlatan","ve-güdecek","ve-güttüm"]·urd["اور-میں-نے-چرایا","اور-چرائے-گا","جو-چراتا-ہے","لِ-چرانے","چرا","چرا-رہے-ہیں","چراؤں-گا","چرائے-گا","چرائے-گا-اُن-کو","چرانے","چرانے-کے-لیے","کھلائے-گی-اُن-کو"]
Gen 30:31, Gen 30:36, Gen 36:24, Gen 37:13, Gen 37:16, 1 Sam 16:11, 1 Sam 17:15, 2 Sam 5:2, 2 Sam 7:7, 1 Chr 11:2, 1 Chr 17:6, Job 24:2 (+38 more)
▼ 3 more senses below
Senses
1. shepherd (agent noun) — The Qal active participle used as a substantive noun denoting a shepherd or pastor — one whose role or occupation is tending flocks — appearing in singular, plural, feminine, construct, and with articles, prepositions (k-/l-/m-), and possessive suffixes, and translated consistently as راعٍ/رُعَاة (Arabic), 목자 (Korean), mchungaji/wachungaji (Swahili), pastor/pastores (Spanish), चरवाहा/चरवाहे (Hindi). 76×
AR["الرَّاعِي","الرُّعاةِ","الرُّعَاةُ","الرُّعَاةِ","راعٍ","رَاعٍ","رَاعِيًا","يَا-الرُّعَاةُ"]·ben["-পালকদের","-পালকেরা","-মেষপালকদের","পশুপালকদের","পালক","পালককে","পালকদের","পালকের","পালকেরা","মেষপালক"]·DE["Boeses","Hirte","shepherd","weiden","weidete"]·EN["a-shepherd","in-the-land","shepherd","the-shepherds"]·FR["[רעה]","berger","le-mauvais","mal","mauvaise","paître","shepherd"]·heb["ה-רוֹעים","ה-רועים","רועה","רעה"]·HI["चरवाहा","चरवाहे","चरवाहो","चरवाहों","चरवाहों-की","चरवाहों-के","चरवाहों-के-लिए","नहीं"]·ID["gembala","gembala,","gembala;","para-gembala"]·IT["[רעה]","pascere","pascolare","pascolo","pastore","shepherd"]·jav["pangon","pangèn","pangèn-pangèn","para-pangon"]·KO["그-목자들","그-목자들에게서","그-목자들을","그-목자들의","목자","목자-가","목자가","목자들아","목자들의","목자들이","목자를","목자와","목자의"]·PT["os-pastores","pastor"]·RU["-пастырей","пастух","пастуха","пастухов","пастырей","пастыри","пастыря","пастырях"]·ES["los-pastores","pastor","pastor,","pastor;"]·SW["mchungaji","wachungaji","wachungaji-hao"]·TR["çoban","çobanlar","çobanlara","çobanlardan","çobanların","çobanı","çobanın"]·urd["-چرواہوں-کی","چرواہا","چرواہو","چرواہوں","چرواہوں-کی","چرواہوں-کے","چرواہے","چرواہے-کا","چرواہے-کے"]
Gen 4:2, Gen 46:32, Gen 46:34, Gen 47:3, Exod 2:17, Exod 2:19, Num 27:17, 1 Sam 17:40, 1 Sam 25:7, 1 Kgs 22:17, 2 Chr 18:16, Isa 31:4 (+38 more)
3. to graze, feed (intransitive) — The intransitive sense where the subject (typically livestock or animals) grazes or feeds on pasture, without a human shepherd as agent — distinguished by Spanish pacer/pastar (vs. transitive apacentar), Swahili -kula 'eat' (vs. -chunga 'tend'), Korean 먹다/풀을뜯다 'eat/pluck grass' (vs. 먹이다 'feed someone'), and feminine-plural subjects indicating animals as actors. 17×
AR["تَرعى","تَرْعى","تَرْعَوْنَ","تَرْعَى","لِيَرْعَوْا","وَ-تَرعَى","وَ-رَعَيْنَ","وَ-يَرْعَى","وَيَرْعَى","يَرْعى","يَرْعَوْا","يَرْعَوْنَ","يَرْعَى","يَرْعَيَانِ"]·ben["আর-চরছিল-তারা","আর-সে-চরবে","ও-চরবে","চরছিল","চরবে","চরায়","চরুক","চরে","তারা-চরাবে","তারা-চরুক","তোমরা-চর"]·DE["Hirte","Streben","soll-graze","und-weidet","und-weidete","und-weideten","weiden"]·EN["and-he-will-graze","and-they-grazed","and-will-graze","feeds-on","graze","grazing","let-them-graze","shall-graze","they-graze","they-will-graze","you-graze","your-livestock"]·FR["--graze","et-ils-grazed","et-mal","et-paître","paître"]·heb["ו-רעה","ו-רעו","ירעה","ירעו","רועות","תרעו","תרעינה"]·HI["और-चर-रही-थीं","और-चरेंगे","और-चरेगा","चरता-है","चरती-थीं","चरें","चरेंगे","चरेगा","तुम-चरोगे","रौंदी-हुई","वे-चरें","वे-चरेंगे","वे-लेटेंगी"]·ID["Dan-akan-merumput","Dan-merumput","akan-merumput","biarlah-mereka-makan","dan-ia-akan-merumput","dan-mereka-merumput","kamu-makan,","memakan","mereka-akan-makan","mereka-akan-merumput","mereka-makan,","merumput","merumput,","sedang-makan-rumput"]·IT["e-essi-grazed","e-pascolate","e-pascolo","pascere","pascolare","shall-graze"]·jav["Lan-badhé-ngupakarani","Lan-pangon","badhe-nyenggut","lan-ngenèm","lan-sami-nèdha-rumput","mangan-suket","merangan","mugi-merangan","ngingon","panjenengan-nèdha","piyambakipun-badhé-angon","piyambakipun-badhé-dipanggèn","piyambakipun-nèdha","sami-nyenggut"]·KO["그들이-모이리라","그리고-먹으리라-그가","그리고-풀을뜯었다","너희가-모이고","먹게-하라-그들-을","먹고-있었습니다","먹느니라","먹라","먹으리니","먹으리라","먹일-것이다","먹지-말라","모이리라","목축하리라","함께-풀을-먹을-것이다"]·PT["E-pastarão","apascentar-se-ão","comereis","e-pastaram","e-pastará","pastando","pastará","pastarão","pastem","se-alimenta-de"]·RU["будет-пастись","будут","будут-пастись","должны-есть","и-будет-пастись","и-будут-пастись","и-паслись","пастись","пасут","пасущиеся","пусть-пасутся"]·ES["Y-pacerán","Y-pastarán","apacentar,","apacentarán","apacentarán,","pacerá","pacerán","paciendo","pasten","pazcan","que-apacienten","se-alimenta-de","y-pacerá","y-pacían"]·SW["atalisha","italisha","kinakula","lishe","lishwe","mnakula","na-atalisha","na-wakalisha","na-walishwe","na-watachunga","na-watakula","wakichungwa","wanakula","watakula","watalisha"]·TR["beslenir","otlamanız","otlamasınlar","otlasınlar","otlayacak","otlayacaklar","otluyorlardı","ve-otlayacak","ve-otluyorlardı"]·urd["اور-چرتیں-تھیں","اور-چریں-گے","اور-چرے-گا","وہ-چریں-گے","چر-رہی-تھیں","چرتا-ہے","چرتے-ہو","چریں","چریں-گی","چریں-گے","چرے-گا","چرے-گے"]
4. to consume, devour (figurative) — A figurative-destructive extension of the grazing sense where 'feeding on' becomes 'devouring' or 'consuming' with harmful effect — marked by Spanish devorar/quebrar, Arabic يَرْعَى with destructive context, Korean 파괴하다 'destroy', and Swahili -ula 'burn/consume' or -kula with destructive overtone, representing a genuine metaphorical shift from pastoral feeding to predatory consumption. 3×
AR["رَعَى","يَرْعَاهَا","يَرْعَوْنَكِ"]·ben["এটিকে-চরে","তোমাকে-চরাচ্ছে","সে-চরানো-করে"]·DE["Boeses","feeds-auf-es","weiden"]·EN["feeds-on-it","have-broken","he-feeds-on"]·FR["paître"]·heb["ירעוך","ירענה","רועה"]·HI["चरते-हैं-इसे","चरने-वाला","चराएंगे-तुझे"]·ID["ia-makan","memakannya","memecahkan"]·IT["pascere","pascolare","pastore"]·jav["ngengon","ngumbah","sami-ngulapi"]·KO["그들이-파괴한다-너를","뜯어-먹나이다-그것을","먹이나니"]·PT["Ele-devora","a-pastam","quebraram-te"]·RU["обирает","пасут-тебя","поедают-её"]·ES["Que-devora","la-devora","te-quebraron"]·SW["Anakula","wamekula","wanaula"]·TR["gütmek","seni-otlatıyorlar","yiyor"]·urd["چرانے-والا","چریں-گے-تجھے","چرے-گا-اُسے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
I. רָעָה167 vb. pasture, tend, graze (Assyrian rêʾû vb. pasture, n. ruler, TelAm. ruh̬i (as Canaanism) WklNo. 181, 11; Arabic رَدَى, Ethiopic ርዕየ Aramaic רְעָא, ܪܥܳܐ, all = BH);— Qal Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְרָעָה Mi 5:3 +, 1 s. sf. consec. וּרְעִיתִים Ez 34:13, 3 pl. sf. consec. וְרָעוּם Je 23:4, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְעֶה Is 27:10 +, juss. יֵרַע Jb 20:26, sf. יִעֶנָּה ψ 80:14, וַיִּרְעֵם ψ 78:72…