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OSHB 2 Chr 18:16 רֹעֶה (roˊeh) Strongs=7462 b Lemma=‘רָעָה’
contextual word gloss=‘a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’
Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-897

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Other uses (19) of identical word form רֹעֶה (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘רֹעֶה’ (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 11 different glosses: ‘[he_is]_feeding’, ‘[he_is]_feeding_on’, ‘[he_is]_shepherding’, ‘[is]_a_shepherd’, ‘[is]_feeding’, ‘[the]_shepherd’, ‘[was]_pasturing’, ‘a_shepherd’, ‘pasturing’, ‘shepherd’, ‘shepherding’.

GEN 30:36 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_pasturing’ word gloss=‘pastured’ OSHB GEN 30:36 word 9

OET-LV: 36 And_he/it _assigned a _journey _of three _of days between_himself and_between Yaˊₐqoⱱ and_Yaˊₐqoⱱ was_pasturing DOM the _flock _of Lāⱱān which_remained. (GEN_30:36)

OET-RV: 36 and they took them a three-day journey away from where Yacob was, so Yacob was left just tending the rest of Lavan’s flocks. (GEN 30:36)

GEN 37:2 contextual word gloss=‘shepherding’ word gloss=‘shepherding’ OSHB GEN 37:2 word 10

OET-LV: 2 These are_the _accounts _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ Yōşēf/(Joseph) was_a _son _of seven- teen year[s] he _was shepherding with brothers _of_his (in)_flock and_he was_a _youth with the _sons _of Bilhāh and_DOM the _sons _of Zilpah the _wives _of his/its_father and_ Yōşēf _he/it _brought DOM report _of_their bad to father _of_their. (GEN_37:2)

OET-RV: 2 This is the record of his descendants:
¶ When Yosef (Joseph) was seventeen, he was shepherding the flocks with his brothers. He was younger than his brothers who were the sons of his father’s slave wives Bilhah and Zilpah. One day Yosef gave a tell-tale bad report about them to their father. (GEN 37:2)

GEN 49:24 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB GEN 49:24 word 11

OET-LV: 24 And_it _remained in_permanence bow _of_his and_ the _arms _of _they _were _agile his _hands _of_of from_the _hands _of the _mighty _one _of Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob) from_there the_shepherd the _stone _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (GEN_49:24)

OET-RV: 24 But his bow will stay steady
⇔ ≈ and his arms will be made agile
⇔ by the hands of the mighty one of Yacob,
⇔ ≈ because of the shepherd who’s Yisra’el’s rock, (GEN 49:24)

EXO 3:1 contextual word gloss=‘pasturing’ word gloss=‘keeping’ OSHB EXO 3:1 word 3

OET-LV: 3 and_Mosheh he _was pasturing DOM the _flock _of Yitrō/(Jethro) father-in-law _of_his the _priest _of Midyān and_he _drove DOM the_flock behind the_wilderness and_he _came to the _mountain _of the_ʼElohīm to_Ḩorēⱱ. (EXO_3:1)

OET-RV: 3 One time Mosheh (Moses) was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Yetro (or Jethro, the priest at Midian), and he led the flock beyond the wilderness and came to a hill. (This was later known as the mountain of God at Horev). (EXO 3:1)

1 SAM 16:11 contextual word gloss=‘[he_is]_shepherding’ word gloss=‘tending’ OSHB 1 SAM 16:11 word 12

OET-LV: 11 And_ Shəmū^ʼēl _he/it _said to Yishay are_they _finished the _young_men and_he/it _said still he _remains the _young_one and_see/lo/see he_is_shepherding (in)_flock and_ Shəmū^ʼēl _he/it _said to Yishay send and_bring_him if/because not we _will _turn _round until he_comes here. (SA1_16:11)

OET-RV: 11 Then Shemuel asked Yishay, “Is this all your sons?”
¶ “Well, there’s just the youngest,” he answered “but you see, he’s out looking after the flock.”
¶ “Send for him,” Shemuel instructed him, “because we won’t do anything else until he gets here.” (SA1 16:11)

1 SAM 17:34 contextual word gloss=‘a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘tending’ OSHB 1 SAM 17:34 word 5

OET-LV: 34 and_ Dāvid _he/it _said to Shāʼūl a _shepherd servant _of_your he _has _been for_his _of_father among_flock and_it _came the_lion and_DOM the_bear and_it _carried _off a _sheep from_the_flock. (SA1_17:34)

OET-RV: 34 “Your servant has been working for his father tending the flock,” David replied. “Sometimes a lion or a bear has come and taken a sheep from the flock (SA1 17:34)

1 KI 22:17 contextual word gloss=‘a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB 1 KI 22:17 word 13

OET-LV: 17 And_he/it _said I _saw DOM all _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) scattered to the_mountains like_flock which there_is_not to/for_them a _shepherd and_ YHWH _he/it _said not masters belong_to_these let _them _return each to_his _own _of_house in_peace. (KI1_22:17)

OET-RV: 17 “Well,” he said, “I saw all Yisrael scattered into the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and Yahweh said that they have no leaders so they should all return peacefully to their homes.” (KI1 22:17)

JOB 24:21 contextual word gloss=‘[he_is]_feeding_on’ word gloss=‘prey_on’ OSHB JOB 24:21 word 1

OET-LV: 21 he_is_feeding _on a _barren_woman who_not she _gives _birth and_a _widow not he _does _good _to. (JOB_24:21)

OET-RV: 21 He devours the barren woman who’s never had a child.
⇔ He doesn’t do anything good to the widow. (JOB 24:21)

ISA 44:20 contextual word gloss=‘[he_is]_feeding’ word gloss=‘feeds’ OSHB ISA 44:20 word 1

OET-LV: 20 he_is_feeding ash[es] a _heart which_it _is _deceived it_has _turned _him _aside and_not he _will _deliver DOM self _of_his and_not he _will _say am_not is_falsehood in_my _right _of_hand. (ISA_44:20)

OET-RV: 20 ◙ (ISA 44:20)

JER 49:19 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB JER 49:19 word 24

OET-LV: 19 There like_a _lion which_it _goes _up from_the _thicket[s]_of the _Yardēn/(Jordan) to pastureland _of an _ever-flowing_stream if/because I _will _act _in _a _moment I_will _cause _it _to _run from_on_it and_whoever is_chosen to_her/it I _will _appoint if/because who is_like_me and_who will_he _summon _me and_who this is_a _shepherd who he _will _stand before_me. (JER_49:19)

OET-RV: 19 ◙ (JER 49:19)

JER 50:44 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB JER 50:44 word 24

OET-LV: 44 There like_a _lion which_it _goes _up from_the _thicket[s]_of the _Yardēn/(Jordan) to pastureland _of an _ever-flowing_stream if/because I _will _act _in _a _moment I_will _cause _them _to _run from_on_it and_whoever is_chosen to_her/it I _will _appoint if/because who is_like_me and_who will_he _summon _me and_who this is_a _shepherd who he _will _stand before_me. (JER_50:44)

OET-RV: 44 ◙ (JER 50:44)

JER 51:23 contextual word gloss=‘shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB JER 51:23 word 3

OET-LV: 23 And_I _smash in_you(ms) shepherd and_his _of_flock and_I _smash in_you(ms) farmer and_his _of_pair and_I _smash in_you(ms) governors and_officials. (JER_51:23)

OET-RV: 23 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 51:23)

EZE 34:5 contextual word gloss=‘a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB EZE 34:5 word 3

OET-LV: 5 And_they _have _been _scattered from_not _of a _shepherd and_they _have _become for_food to/from_all/each/any/every (the)_animal _of the_field and_they _have _been _scattered. (EZE_34:5)

OET-RV: 5 Then they were scattered without a shepherd, and after they were scattered, they became food for all the wild animals in the countryside. (EZE 34:5)

EZE 34:8 contextual word gloss=‘a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB EZE 34:8 word 19

OET-LV: 8 by_the _life of _me the _utterance _of my_master YHWH if not because has _become flock _of_my (into)_prey and_they _have _become flock _of_my for_food to/from_all/each/any/every (the)_animal _of the_field because_there_is_not a _shepherd and_not they _have _searched _for my _of_shepherds DOM flock _of_my and_they _have _shepherded the_shepherds themselves and_DOM flock _of_my not they _have _shepherded. (EZE_34:8)

OET-RV: 8 This is the master Yahweh’s declaration: As I live, my flock has become plunder and food for all the wild animals in the countryside, because there wasn’t any shepherd and because none of my shepherds tried to find any of my flock that had gotten lost. Instead it was themselves that the shepherds looked after, and they didn’t shepherd my flock. (EZE 34:8)

EZE 34:12 contextual word gloss=‘a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB EZE 34:12 word 2

OET-LV: 12 Like_the_seeking _of a _shepherd flock _of_his in/on_day he_is among his/its_flock _of _sheep/goats separated so I _will _seek DOM flock _of_my and_I _will _deliver them from_all the_places where they _were _scattered there in/on_day cloud and_thick _darkness. (EZE_34:12)

OET-RV: 12 like a shepherd searches for his sheep when he’s among his scattered flock. So I’ll look for my flock and I’ll rescue them from all the places where they were scattered during the dark times. (EZE 34:12)

EZE 34:23 contextual word gloss=‘a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB EZE 34:23 word 3

OET-LV: 23 And_I _will _raise _up over_them a _shepherd one and_he _will _shepherd them DOM servant _of_my Dāvid he he _will _shepherd DOM_them and_he he _will _become for_them (into)_a_shepherd. (EZE_34:23)

OET-RV: 23 I’ll set one shepherd over them—my servant David. He’ll look after them, and he’ll be their shepherd. (EZE 34:23)

HOS 12:2 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_feeding’ word gloss=‘feeds_on’ OSHB HOS 12:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2  ʼEfrayim is_feeding wind and_he_is_pursuing an _east _wind all _of the_day falsehood and_violence he _increases and_a _covenant with ʼAshshūr they _are _making and_oil to_Miʦrayim it _is _carried. (HOS_12:2)

OET-RV: ⇔  2 Yahweh also has a dispute with Yehudah,
⇔ and will punish Yakov for what they’ve done.
⇔ He will repay them according to how they behaved. (HOS 12:2)

ZEC 11:15 contextual word gloss=‘a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB ZEC 11:15 word 8

OET-LV: 15 and_ YHWH _he/it _said to_me again take to/for_yourself(m) the_equipment _of a _shepherd foolish. (ZEC_11:15)

OET-RV: 15 After that, Yahweh told me, “Again, take the equipment of a simple shepherd for yourself, (ZEC 11:15)

ZEC 11:16 contextual word gloss=‘a_shepherd’ word gloss=‘shepherd’ OSHB ZEC 11:16 word 5

OET-LV: 16 If/because here I am_about _to _raise _up a _shepherd on _the_earth those_which _are_being _destroyed not he _will _visit the _young_man not he _will _seek and_the_one_which _is_maimed not he _will _heal the_one_which_stands _firm not he _will _sustain and_the _flesh _of the _fat_sheep he _will _eat and_their _of_hooves he _will _tear _off. (ZEC_11:16)

OET-RV: 16 because listen, I’m about to set a shepherd in place in the land who won’t care for those who are dying. He won’t seek out the sheep gone missing, nor will he heal the crippled sheep. He won’t feed the sheep that are healthy, but he’ll tear off the hooves of the fattened sheep and eat them for meat. (ZEC 11:16)