Hebrew · H4829

מִרְעֶה

Pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals

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מִרְעֶה H4829

What does מִרְעֶה mean in the Bible?

מִרְעֶה is a Hebrew word meaning "pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals".

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What does מִרְעֶה mean in the Bible?

מִרְעֶה is a Hebrew word meaning "pasture (the place or the act); also the haunt of wild animals".

How does the BSB render H4829?

The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include pasture (8), and a pasture (1), for pasture (1), of the pasture (1), or the feeding ground (1).

Where does מִרְעֶה appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 47:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (4), 1 Chronicles (3), Genesis (1), Isaiah (1).

Source Word Evidence

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How English Renders It

pasture 8× Genesis 47:4, 1 Chronicles 4:39, 1 Chronicles 4:40, Lamentations 1:6

and a pasture 1× Isaiah 32:14

for pasture 1× Job 39:8

of the pasture 1× Ezekiel 34:18

or the feeding ground 1× Nahum 2:11

there was pasture 1× 1 Chronicles 4:41

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Usage map

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First aligned row Genesis 47:4

Aligned rows 13

Books represented 8

Genesis 1 1 Chronicles 3 Job 1 Isaiah 1 Lamentations 1 Ezekiel 4 Joel 1 Nahum 1

Source forms

וּמִרְעֶ֥ה 2x ū·mir·‘eh Ezekiel 34:14, Nahum 2:11

מִרְעֶ֖ה 2x mir·‘eh 1 Chronicles 4:39, Joel 1:18

בְּמִרְעֶה־ 1x bə·mir·‘eh- Ezekiel 34:14

הַמִּרְעֶ֤ה 1x ham·mir·‘eh Ezekiel 34:18

מִרְעֵ֥ה 1x mir·‘êh Isaiah 32:14

מִרְעֶ֗ה 1x mir·‘eh Genesis 47:4

מִרְעֶה֙ 1x mir·‘eh 1 Chronicles 4:40

מִרְעֶ֥ה 1x mir·‘eh 1 Chronicles 4:41

Parsing patterns

Noun - masculine singular 6x Genesis 47:4, 1 Chronicles 4:39, 1 Chronicles 4:40, 1 Chronicles 4:41

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 2x Ezekiel 34:14, Nahum 2:11

Article | Noun - masculine singular 1x Ezekiel 34:18

Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural 1x Ezekiel 34:18

Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Isaiah 32:14

Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1x Job 39:8

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular 1x Ezekiel 34:14

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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מִרְעֶה

What does מִרְעֶה mean in the Bible?

What does מִרְעֶה mean in the Bible?

How does the BSB render H4829?

Where does מִרְעֶה appear in Scripture?

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