1. female companion, neighbor (woman) — A feminine noun meaning 'female companion,' 'neighbor woman,' or 'mate,' always appearing with a 3fs pronominal suffix ('her companion/neighbor'). All three clusters represent the same sense of a woman's female counterpart or associate, differing only in prefixed prepositions (bare construct, with-her-mate, to-her-companion). Arabic صَاحِبَتِهَا (ṣāḥibatihā, 'her female companion') and قَرِينَتِهَا (qarīnatihā, 'her partner'), Spanish su prójima/su compañera ('her neighbor/her companion'), Hindi साथी उसकी (sāthī uskī, 'her companion') and सखी (sakhī, 'female friend'), Korean 그녀의 이웃/동료 (geunyeo-ui iut/dongnyo, 'her neighbor/colleague'), Swahili mwenzake/jirani yake ('her companion/her neighbor'). Used in Isaiah 34:15-16 of female animals pairing with mates, and Esther 1:19 of one woman replacing another. 6×
AR["جَارَتِهَا","صَاحِبَتَهَا","صَاحِبَتِهَا","لِ-قَرِينَتِهَا","مَعَ-صَاحِبَتِهَا"]·ben["তাঁর-সঙ্গিনীকে","তার-প্রতিবেশিনীর","তার-সঙ্গিনী","তার-সঙ্গিনীর","বান্ধবী-তার"]·DE["[לרעותה]","[רעותה]","ihr-Naechster"]·EN["her-neighbor","shall-lack","to-her-companion","with-her-mate"]·FR["[לרעותה]","[רעותה]","compagne","sa-prochain"]·heb["ל-רעותה-ה","רעותה"]·HI["अपनी-पड़ोसिन","उसकी-साथी-को","उसकी-साथी-से","दूसरी-को","सखी-अपनी-को","साथी-उसकी-का"]·ID["dengan-temannya","kawannya","kepada-temannya","temannya","tetangganya"]·IT["[לרעותה]","[רעותה]","suo-prossimo"]·jav["dhateng-kancanipun","kaliyan-kancanipun","kaliyan-setunggal","kancanipun","kancanipun-èstri","tanggané"]·KO["그-동료를","그-동료와","그녀의-동료에게","그녀의-이웃","그녀의-이웃에게","그의-동료의"]·PT["a-companheira-dela","companheira-dela","companheira-sua","próxima-dela","sua-companheira"]·RU["ближней-своей","от-подруги-своей","подруге-её","подругу-её","с-подругой-своей"]·ES["a-compañera-su","a-su-compañera","con-su-compañera","su-compañera","su-prójima"]·SW["jirani-yake","kuliko-yeye","mwenzake","na-mwenzake"]·TR["arkadaşına","arkadaşının","esinden","esiyle","komşusundan"]·urd["اپنی-ساتھن-کے-ساتھ","اپنی-ساتھی-کا","سہیلی-اپنی-کو","پڑوسن-اپنی","کو-اس-کی-پڑوسن"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. רְעוּת n.f. fellow (-woman);—sf. in recipr. phr. אִשָּׁה מֵאֵת רְעוּתָהּ Ex 11:2 (E) each from her fellow (‖ אִישׁ מֵאֵת רֵעֵהוּ, cf. ii. רֵעַ 3); cf. Je 9:19; of birds of prey (דַּוּוֹת) Is 34:15 cf. v 16; people under fig. of sheep Zc 11:9; רְעוּתָהּ Est 1:19 = another than she (cf. 1 S 15:28 ii. רֵעַ 2).