◄ 7474. rayah ►
Lexicon
rayah: Friend, companion, neighbor

Original Word: רַעְיָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: ra`yah
Pronunciation: ray-ah
Phonetic Spelling: (rah-yaw')
KJV: fellow, love
NASB: darling
Word Origin: [feminine of H7453 (רֵַע רֵיַע - neighbor)]

1. a female associate

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
fellow, love

Feminine of rea'; a female associate -- fellow, love.

see HEBREW rea'

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from raah
Definition
a companion
NASB Translation
darling (9).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[רַעְיָה] noun feminine companion; — of beloved bride, suffix רַעְיָתִי Songs 1:9,15; Songs 2:2,10,13; Songs 4:1,7; Songs 5:2; Songs 6:4; so of attendant maidens Judges 11:37 Kt, but see foregoing.

Forms and Transliterations
וְרֵעֹותָֽי׃ ורעותי׃ רַעְיָתִ֔י רַעְיָתִ֖י רַעְיָתִ֥י רַעְיָתִֽי׃ רַעְיָתִי֙ רעיתי רעיתי׃ ra‘·yā·ṯî ra‘yāṯî rayaTi vereoTai wə·rê·‘ō·w·ṯāy wərê‘ōwṯāy
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Englishman's Concordance
Judges 11:37
HEB: [וְרַעִיתִי כ] (וְרֵעֹותָֽי׃ ק)
INT: of my virginity I fellow

Songs 1:9
HEB: פַרְעֹ֔ה דִּמִּיתִ֖יךְ רַעְיָתִֽי׃
NAS: To me, my darling, you are like
KJV: I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses
INT: of Pharaoh are like my darling

Songs 1:15
HEB: הִנָּ֤ךְ יָפָה֙ רַעְיָתִ֔י הִנָּ֥ךְ יָפָ֖ה
NAS: beautiful you are, my darling, How
KJV: Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair;
INT: behold beautiful are my darling behold beautiful

Songs 2:2
HEB: הַחוֹחִ֔ים כֵּ֥ן רַעְיָתִ֖י בֵּ֥ין הַבָּנֽוֹת׃
NAS: So is my darling among
KJV: among thorns, so [is] my love among the daughters.
INT: the thorns So is my darling among the maidens

Songs 2:10
HEB: ק֥וּמִי לָ֛ךְ רַעְיָתִ֥י יָפָתִ֖י וּלְכִי־
NAS: to me, 'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
KJV: unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one,
INT: and said Arise my darling my beautiful and come

Songs 2:13
HEB: (לָ֛ךְ ק) רַעְיָתִ֥י יָפָתִ֖י וּלְכִי־
NAS: Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
KJV: Arise, my love, my fair one,
INT: Arise and come my darling my beautiful and come

Songs 4:1
HEB: הִנָּ֨ךְ יָפָ֤ה רַעְיָתִי֙ הִנָּ֣ךְ יָפָ֔ה
NAS: beautiful you are, my darling, How
KJV: Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair;
INT: behold beautiful are my darling behold beautiful

Songs 4:7
HEB: כֻּלָּ֤ךְ יָפָה֙ רַעְיָתִ֔י וּמ֖וּם אֵ֥ין
NAS: beautiful, my darling, And there is no
KJV: Thou [art] all fair, my love; [there is] no spot
INT: are altogether beautiful my darling spot and there

Songs 5:2
HEB: לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י
NAS: to me, my sister, my darling, My dove,
KJV: to me, my sister, my love, my dove,
INT: Open my sister my darling my dove my perfect

Songs 6:4
HEB: יָפָ֨ה אַ֤תְּ רַעְיָתִי֙ כְּתִרְצָ֔ה נָאוָ֖ה
NAS: as Tirzah, my darling, As lovely
KJV: Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah,
INT: beautiful you my darling Tirzah lovely

10 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7474
10 Occurrences


ra‘·yā·ṯî — 9 Occ.
wə·rê·‘ō·w·ṯāy — 1 Occ.

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