רַעְיָהraʻyâh

a female associate

Pronunciation: rah-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7474

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Song of Solomon 1:9 You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.
  • Song of Solomon 1:15 How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
  • Song of Solomon 2:2 Like a lily among thistles is my darling among young women.
  • Song of Solomon 2:10 My lover said to me, “Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!
  • Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig trees are forming young fruit, and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming. Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!”
  • Song of Solomon 4:1 You are beautiful, my darling, beautiful beyond words. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).