Lexical Definition

‎מִרְעִית‎ mirʻîyth (meer-eeth') pasturing ^H:N-F
from ‎רָעָה‎ in the sense of feeding

flock, pasture.

• pasturage
• concretely, a flock

1) pasturing, pasturage, shepherding
1a) pasturing, shepherding
1b) pasturage
1c) flock (meton)

See Greek: ποίμνιον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַרְעִית‎] noun feminine pasturing, shepherding, pasturage (always figurative); — suffix ‎מַרְעִיתִי‎ Jer 23:1; Ezek 34:31, ‎מַרְעִיתֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 74:1; Ps 79:13, etc.; —

1. pasturing, shepherding, ‎צאֹן מַרְעִיתִי‎, of Israel as flock of ‎׳‎‎י‎, Jer 23:1; Ezek 34:31, compare Ps 74:1; Ps 79:13; Ps 100:3 + Ps 95:7(read ‎וְעַם יָדוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎׳‎‎צ‎, compare Hup-Now Che).

2. pasturage, Hos 13:6 (Now ‎כִּרְעוֺתָם‎), Isa 49:9; Jer 25:36.

3. by meton. = flock Jer 10:21.

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