The meaning of “מִרְעֶה”
Understanding mirʻeh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feeding place, pasture. - pasture (the place or the act) - also the haunt of wild animals 1) pasture, pasturage
מִרְעֶה
feeding place, pasture. - pasture (the place or the act) - also the haunt of wild animals 1) pasture, pasturage
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 47:4 | “They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.” Word: מִרְעֶה (mirʻeh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 4:40 | “And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.” Word: מִרְעֶה (mirʻeh) | |
| Job 39:8 | “The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.” Word: מִרְעֶה (mirʻeh) | |
| Isaiah 32:14 | “Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;” Word: מִרְעֶה (mirʻeh) | |
| Lamentations 1:6 | “And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.” Word: מִרְעֶה (mirʻeh) |
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