Word Study · Strong's H7462 · Hebrew
רָעָה
raah
raw-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râʻâh
“to tend a flock”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
- 177occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 25 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 127inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 177 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 127
- הָרֹעִ֖ים5
- רֹעִ֔ים5
- רֹעֵ֣י4
- רֹעִ֖ים4
- הָֽרֹעִ֔ים3
- יִרְעֶ֥ה3
- יִרְע֔וּ3
- יִרְע֥וּ3
- לִרְע֛וֹת3
- רֹעֶ֑ה3
- רֹעֶ֣ה3
- רֹעֶ֔ה3
and 115 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 95
- the shepherds18
- shepherds9
- a shepherd8
- they will graze7
- the shepherd5
- [the] herdsmen of4
- shepherd4
- shepherding4
- to shepherd4
- [is] a shepherd3
- [the] shepherds of3
- and [one who] associates with3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 51
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural23
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular22
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural16
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular8
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)8
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)7
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural7
- Hc/Vqq3cp5
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular5
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular5
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HTd/Vqrmpa · 23
- HVqrmsa · 22
- HVqrmpa · 16
- HTd/Vqrmsa · 8
- HVqrmpc · 8
- HR/Vqcc · 7
- HVqi3mp · 7
- Hc/Vqq3cp · 5
- HR/Vqrmsa · 5
- HVqi3ms · 5
- HVqrmsc/Sp1bs · 5
- HC/Vqrmsa · 4
All 177, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel32 of 177 · 18%
- Jeremiah27 of 177 · 15%
- Genesis23 of 177 · 13%
- Isaiah17 of 177 · 10%
- Zechariah14 of 177 · 8%
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Genesis23 occurrences
- Genesis 4:2רֹ֣עֵהroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.here: a herder of
- Genesis 13:7רֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.here: [the] herdsmen of
- Genesis 13:7רֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.here: [the] herdsmen of
- Genesis 13:8רֹעַ֖יroaiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.here: herdsmen my
- Genesis 13:8רֹעֶ֑יךָroeikhaverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularSo Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.here: herdsmen your
- Genesis 26:20רֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.here: [the] herdsmen of
- Genesis 26:20רֹעֵ֥יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.here: [the] herdsmen of
- Genesis 29:7רְעֽוּ׃reuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural“Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”here: pasture [them]
- Genesis 29:9רֹעָ֖הroahverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularWhile he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was a shepherdess.here: [was] a shepherdess
- Genesis 30:31אֶרְעֶ֥הʾerehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular“What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.here: I will tend
- Genesis 30:36רֹעֶ֛הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.here: [was] pasturing
- Genesis 36:24בִּרְעֹת֥וֹbirotopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThese are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)here: when was pasturing he
- Genesis 37:2רֹעֶ֤הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThis is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.here: shepherding
- Genesis 37:12לִרְע֛וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.here: to pasture
- Genesis 37:13רֹעִ֣יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralIsrael said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.here: pasturing
- Genesis 37:16רֹעִֽים׃roimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”here: pasturing
- Genesis 41:2וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָהvatireinahHc/Vqw3fpwhen seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.here: and they grazed
- Genesis 41:18וַתִּרְעֶ֖ינָהvatireinahHc/Vqw3fpwhen seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.here: and they grazed
- Genesis 46:32רֹ֣עֵיroeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’here: [are] shepherds of
- Genesis 46:34רֹ֥עֵהroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”here: shepherd of
- Genesis 47:3רֹעֵ֥הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”here: [are] herder[s] of
- Genesis 48:15הָרֹעֶ֣הharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThen he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,here: who shepherded
- Genesis 49:24רֹעֶ֖הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,here: [the] shepherd
Exodus4 occurrences
- Exodus 2:17הָרֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.here: the shepherds
- Exodus 2:19הָרֹעִ֑יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds,” they replied. “He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”here: the shepherds
- Exodus 3:1רֹעֶ֛הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularMeanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.here: pasturing
- Exodus 34:3יִרְע֔וּyiruverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluralNo one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”here: they graze
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 14:33רֹעִ֤יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralYour children will be shepherds in the wilderness for forty years, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness.here: shepherds
- Numbers 27:17רֹעֶֽה׃roehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularwho will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”here: a shepherd
1 Samuel7 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 16:11רֹעֶ֖הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”here: [he is] shepherding
- 1 Samuel 17:15לִרְע֛וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.here: to shepherd
- 1 Samuel 17:34רֹעֶ֨הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularDavid replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,here: shepherding
- 1 Samuel 17:40הָרֹעִ֧יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.here: the shepherds
- 1 Samuel 21:7הָרֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralNow one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.here: the shepherds
- 1 Samuel 25:7הָרֹעִ֤יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralNow I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.here: the shepherds
- 1 Samuel 25:16רֹעִ֥יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThey were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.here: shepherding
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 5:2תִרְעֶ֤הtirehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularEven in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”here: you will shepherd
- 2 Samuel 7:7לִרְע֛וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’here: to shepherd
- 2 Samuel 24:17הָֽרֹעֶהharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWhen David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”here: the shepherd
2 Kings1 occurrence
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 11:2תִרְעֶ֤הtirehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularEven in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”here: you will shepherd
- 1 Chronicles 17:6לִרְע֥וֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’here: to shepherd
- 1 Chronicles 21:17הָֽרֹעֶהharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”here: the shepherd
- 1 Chronicles 27:29הָרֹעִ֣יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralShitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.here: which grazed
Job3 occurrences
- Job 1:14רֹע֥וֹתrootverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine plurala messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,here: [were] grazing
- Job 24:2וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃vaiyiruHc/Vqw3mpMen move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.here: and they have pastured [them]
- Job 24:21רֹעֶ֣הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThey prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.here: [he] feeds on
Psalms8 occurrences
- Psalms 23:1רֹ֝עִ֗יroiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThe LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.here: [is] shepherd my
- Psalms 28:9וּֽרְעֵ֥םureemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSave Your people and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them and carry them forever.here: and shepherd them
- Psalms 37:3וּרְעֵ֥הureehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularTrust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.here: and graze
- Psalms 49:14יִ֫רְעֵ֥םyiremverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralLike sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.here: it will shepherd them
- Psalms 78:71לִ֭רְעוֹתlirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.here: to shepherd
- Psalms 78:72וַ֭יִּרְעֵםvaiyiremHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mpSo David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.here: and he shepherded them
- Psalms 80:1רֹ֘עֵ֤הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forthhere: O shepherd of
- Psalms 80:13יִרְעֶֽנָּה׃yirenahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThe boar from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.here: it grazes on it
Proverbs6 occurrences
- Proverbs 10:21יִרְע֣וּyiruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.here: they feed
- Proverbs 13:20וְרֹעֶ֖הveroehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.here: and [one who] associates with
- Proverbs 15:14יִרְעֶ֥הyirehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularA discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.here: it feeds on
- Proverbs 22:24תִּ֭תְרַעtitra'verb · reflexive (hithpael), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singularDo not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,here: you associate
- Proverbs 28:7וְרֹעֶהveroehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularA discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.here: and [one who] associates with
- Proverbs 29:3וְרֹעֶ֥הveroehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularA man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.here: and [one who] associates with
Song of Solomon7 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 1:7תִרְעֶ֔הtirehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularTell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?here: will you graze
- Song of Solomon 1:8וּרְעִי֙ureiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singularIf you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.here: and pasture
- Song of Solomon 1:8הָרֹעִֽים׃ סharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralIf you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.here: the shepherds
- Song of Solomon 2:16הָרֹעֶ֖הharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularMy beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.here: who [is] grazing
- Song of Solomon 4:5הָרוֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralYour breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.here: which graze
- Song of Solomon 6:2לִרְעוֹת֙lirotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.here: to graze
- Song of Solomon 6:3הָרֹעֶ֖הharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.here: who [is] grazing
Isaiah17 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:17וְרָע֥וּverauHc/Vqq3cpLambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.here: and they will graze
- Isaiah 11:7תִּרְעֶ֔ינָהtireinahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine pluralThe cow will graze with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.here: they will graze
- Isaiah 13:20וְרֹעִ֖יםveroimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralShe will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.here: and shepherds
- Isaiah 14:30וְרָעוּ֙verauHc/Vqq3cpThen the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.here: and they will graze
- Isaiah 27:10יִרְעֶ֥הyirehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the fortified city lies deserted— a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.here: it will graze
- Isaiah 30:23יִרְעֶ֥הyirehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThen He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.here: it will graze
- Isaiah 31:4רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralFor this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.here: shepherds
- Isaiah 38:12רֹעִ֑יroiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularMy dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.here: shepherd my
- Isaiah 40:11כְּרֹעֶה֙keroehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.here: like a shepherd
- Isaiah 40:11יִרְעֶ֔הyirehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularHe tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.here: he will shepherd
- Isaiah 44:20רֹעֶ֣הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”here: [he is] feeding
- Isaiah 44:28רֹעִ֔יroiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularwho says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”here: shepherd my
- Isaiah 49:9יִרְע֔וּyiruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralto say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.here: they will graze
- Isaiah 56:11רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralLike ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:here: [are] shepherds
- Isaiah 61:5וְרָע֖וּverauHc/Vqq3cpStrangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.here: and they will shepherd
- Isaiah 63:11רֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,here: [the] shepherds of
- Isaiah 65:25יִרְע֣וּyiruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.here: they will graze
Jeremiah27 occurrences
- Jeremiah 2:8וְהָרֹעִ֖יםveharoimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThe priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.here: and the shepherds
- Jeremiah 2:16יִרְע֖וּךְyirukhverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThe men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.here: they will graze you
- Jeremiah 3:15רֹעִ֖יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”here: shepherds
- Jeremiah 3:15וְרָע֥וּverauHc/Vqq3cpThen I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.”here: and they will shepherd
- Jeremiah 6:3רֹעִ֖יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralShepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:here: shepherds
- Jeremiah 6:3רָע֖וּrauverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralShepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:here: they will graze
- Jeremiah 10:21הָֽרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralFor the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.here: the shepherds
- Jeremiah 12:10רֹעִ֤יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralMany shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.here: shepherds
- Jeremiah 17:16מֵרֹעֶ֣הmeroehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.here: from a shepherd
- Jeremiah 22:22רֹעַ֙יִךְ֙roayikhverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThe wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.here: shepherds your
- Jeremiah 22:22תִּרְעֶה־tireh-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularThe wind will drive away all your shepherds, and your lovers will go into captivity. Then you will be ashamed and humiliated because of all your wickedness.here: it will shepherd
- Jeremiah 23:1רֹעִ֗יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.here: [the] shepherds
- Jeremiah 23:2הָרֹעִים֮haroimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralTherefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.here: the shepherds
- Jeremiah 23:2הָרֹעִ֣יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralTherefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for the evil of your deeds, declares the LORD.here: who are shepherding
- Jeremiah 23:4רֹעִ֖יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralI will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.here: shepherds
- Jeremiah 23:4וְרָע֑וּםveraumHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3mpI will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.here: and they will shepherd them
- Jeremiah 25:34הָרֹעִ֜יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralWail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.here: O shepherds
- Jeremiah 25:35הָֽרֹעִ֑יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralFlight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.here: the shepherds
- Jeremiah 25:36הָֽרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralHear the cry of the shepherds, the wailing of the leaders of the flock, for the LORD is destroying their pasture.here: the shepherds
- Jeremiah 31:10כְּרֹעֶ֥הkeroehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.here: like a shepherd
- Jeremiah 33:12רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.here: shepherds
- Jeremiah 43:12הָֽרֹעֶה֙haroehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.here: the shepherd
- Jeremiah 49:19רֹעֶ֔הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBehold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”here: [is] a shepherd
- Jeremiah 50:6רֹעֵיהֶ֣םroeihemverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralMy people are lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray, causing them to roam the mountains. They have wandered from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.here: shepherds their
- Jeremiah 50:19וְרָעָ֥הveraahHc/Vqq3msI will return Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.here: and it will graze
- Jeremiah 50:44רֹעֶ֔הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBehold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”here: [is] a shepherd
- Jeremiah 51:23רֹעֶ֣הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularWith you I shatter the shepherd and his flock; with you I shatter the farmer and his oxen; with you I shatter the governors and officials.here: shepherd
Ezekiel32 occurrences
- Ezekiel 34:2רוֹעֵ֣יroeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?here: [the] shepherds of
- Ezekiel 34:2לָרֹעִ֜יםlaroimpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?here: to the shepherds
- Ezekiel 34:2רֹעֵֽי־roei-verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?here: [the] shepherds of
- Ezekiel 34:2רֹעִ֣יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?here: shepherding
- Ezekiel 34:2יִרְע֖וּyiruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?here: will they shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:2הָרֹעִֽים׃haroimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?here: the shepherds
- Ezekiel 34:3תִרְעֽוּ׃tiruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.here: you shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:5רֹעֶ֑הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThey were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.here: a shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:7רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralTherefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:here: O shepherds
- Ezekiel 34:8רֹעֶ֔הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,here: shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:8רֹעַ֖יroaiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,here: shepherds my
- Ezekiel 34:8וַיִּרְע֤וּvaiyiruHc/Vqw3mp‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,here: and they have shepherded
- Ezekiel 34:8הָֽרֹעִים֙haroimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,here: the shepherds
- Ezekiel 34:8רָעֽוּ׃ סrauverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,here: they have shepherded
- Ezekiel 34:9הָֽרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluraltherefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’here: O shepherds
- Ezekiel 34:10הָרֹעִ֜יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’here: the shepherds
- Ezekiel 34:10מֵרְע֣וֹתmereotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’here: from shepherding
- Ezekiel 34:10יִרְע֥וּyiruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’here: they will shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:10הָרֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them.’here: the shepherds
- Ezekiel 34:12רֹעֶ֨הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAs a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.here: a shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:13וּרְעִיתִים֙ureitimHc/Vqq1cs/Sp3mpI will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.here: and I will shepherd them
- Ezekiel 34:14אֶרְעֶ֣הʾerehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.here: I will shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:14תִּרְעֶ֖ינָהtireinahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine pluralI will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.here: they will graze
- Ezekiel 34:15אֶרְעֶ֤הʾerehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularI will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.here: I will shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:16אֶרְעֶ֥נָּהʾerenahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularI will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’here: I will shepherd it
- Ezekiel 34:18תִּרְע֔וּtiruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralIs it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?here: [which] you are grazing
- Ezekiel 34:19תִּרְעֶ֔ינָהtireinahverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine pluralWhy must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’here: they will graze
- Ezekiel 34:23רֹעֶ֤הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.here: a shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:23וְרָעָ֣הveraahHc/Vqq3msI will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.here: and he will shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:23יִרְעֶ֣הyirehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularI will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.here: he will shepherd
- Ezekiel 34:23לְרֹעֶֽה׃leroehpreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularI will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.here: into a shepherd
- Ezekiel 37:24וְרוֹעֶ֥הveroehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularMy servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances and keep and observe My statutes.here: and a shepherd
Hosea3 occurrences
- Hosea 4:16יִרְעֵ֣םyiremverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralFor Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?here: he will pasture them
- Hosea 9:2יִרְעֵ֑םyiremverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.here: it will feed them
- Hosea 12:1רֹעֶ֥הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularEphraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.here: [is] feeding
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 1:2הָרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralHe said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”here: the shepherds
- Amos 3:12הָרֹעֶ֜הharoehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThis is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.here: the shepherd
Micah5 occurrences
- Micah 5:4וְרָעָה֙veraahHc/Vqq3msHe will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to the ends of the earth.here: and he will shepherd
- Micah 5:5רֹעִ֔יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.here: shepherds
- Micah 5:6וְרָע֞וּverauHc/Vqq3cpAnd they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.here: and they will shepherd
- Micah 7:14רְעֵ֧הreehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularShepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.here: shepherd
- Micah 7:14יִרְע֥וּyiruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralShepherd with Your staff Your people, the flock of Your inheritance. They live alone in a woodland, surrounded by pastures. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.here: let them graze
Zephaniah3 occurrences
- Zephaniah 2:6רֹעִ֖יםroimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSo the seacoast will become a land of pastures, with wells for shepherds and folds for sheep.here: shepherds
- Zephaniah 2:7יִרְע֑וּןyirunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nunThe coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will find pasture. They will lie down in the evening among the houses of Ashkelon, for the LORD their God will attend to them and restore their captives.here: they will graze !
- Zephaniah 3:13יִרְע֥וּyiruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThe remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”here: they will graze
Zechariah14 occurrences
- Zechariah 10:2רֹעֶֽה׃ פroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor idols speak deceitand diviners see illusions;they tell false dreamsand offer empty comfort.Therefore the people wander like sheep,oppressed for lack of a shepherd.here: [is] a shepherd
- Zechariah 10:3הָֽרֹעִים֙haroimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural“My anger burns against the shepherds,and I will punish the leaders.For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock,the house of Judah;He will make themlike His royal steed in battle.here: the shepherds
- Zechariah 11:3הָרֹעִ֔יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralListen to the wailing of the shepherds,for their glory is in ruins.Listen to the roaring of the young lions,for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.here: the shepherds
- Zechariah 11:4רְעֵ֖הreehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularThis is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,here: shepherd
- Zechariah 11:5וְרֹ֣עֵיהֶ֔םveroeihemconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralwhose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.here: and shepherds their
- Zechariah 11:7וָֽאֶרְעֶה֙vaerehHc/Vqw1csSo I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.here: and I shepherded
- Zechariah 11:7וָאֶרְעֶ֖הvaerehHc/Vqw1csSo I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.here: and I shepherded
- Zechariah 11:8הָרֹעִ֖יםharoimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.here: the shepherds
- Zechariah 11:9אֶרְעֶ֖הʾerehverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularThen I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”here: I will shepherd
- Zechariah 11:15רֹעֶ֥הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAnd the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.here: a shepherd
- Zechariah 11:16רֹעֶ֜הroehverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularFor behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.here: a shepherd
- Zechariah 11:17רֹעִ֤יroiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularWoe to the worthless shepherd,who deserts the flock!May a sword strike his armand his right eye!May his arm be completely witheredand his right eye utterly blinded!”here: shepherd of my
- Zechariah 13:7רֹעִי֙roiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularAwake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.here: shepherd my
- Zechariah 13:7הָֽרֹעֶה֙haroehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAwake, O sword, against My Shepherd,against the man who is My Companion,declares the LORD of Hosts.Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered,and I will turn My hand against the little ones.here: the shepherd
