Lexical Definition

‎רָוָה‎ râvâh (raw-vaw') to quench ^H:V
a primitive root

bathe, make drunk, (take the) fill, satiate, (abundantly) satisfy, soak, water (abundantly).

• to slake the thirst (occasionally of other appetites)

1) to be satiated or saturated, have or drink one's fill
1a) (Qal) to take one's fill
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to be drunk, be intoxicated
1b2) to drench, water abundantly, saturate
1c) (Hiphil) to saturate, water, cause to drink

See Greek: μεθύω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎רָוָה‎] verb be saturated, drink one's fill (Late Hebrew in derived species; Arabic ; Ethiopic Aramaic ‎רְוִי‎, ); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular consecutive ‎וְרָוְָֽתָּה‎ ‎מִדָּמָם‎ Jer 46:10, figurative of sword (|| ‎שָֽׂבְעָה‎, ‎אָֽכְלָה‎); Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִרְוְיֻן מִדֶּשֶׁן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 36:9* (Ges^{«GKC:75u»§ 75u}) figurative of men (|| ‎תַּשְׁקֵם‎); 1 plural ‎נִרְוֶה דֹדִים‎ Prov 7:18 we will take our fill of love (|| ‎נִתְעַלְּסָה‎). Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎רִוְּתָה‎ Isa 34:5, ‎׳‎‎וְר‎ consecutive vIsa 34:7 1 singular consecutive ‎וְרִוֵּיתִי‎ Jer 31:14 Imperfect 1 singular suffix ‎אֲרַיָּ֫וֶךְ‎ Isa 16:9 (read probably ‎אֲרַוַּ֫יִךְ‎ Margolis^{Amos. J. Semitic Lang., Oct. 1902, 48,} see also Kö^{i. 589 f.}; > ‎אֲרַוָּ֫יֶךְ‎ Sta^{§ 634 e} Ges^{«GKC:75dd»§ 75dd}); 3 masculine plural suffix ‎יְרַוֻּךָ‎ Prov 5:19 Infinitive absolute ‎רַוֵּה‎ Ps 65:11* (Ges^{«GKC:113z»§ 113z}); —

1. intensive be intoxicated, drunk Isa 34:5, figurative of sword; + ‎מִדָּם‎ vIsa 34:7, of land (|| ‎יְדֻשָּׁ֑ן‎).

2. causative, drench, water abundantly, with accusative ‎תְּלָמֶיהָ‎ (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎); Isa 16:9 with accusative of person + ‎דִּמְעָתִי‎ material; saturate (figurative), sate, ‎וֶפֶשׁ הַכֹּהֲנִים דָּ֑שֶׁן‎ ‎׳‎‎ור‎ Jer 31:14 (|| ‎שׂבע‎); sexually, ‎דַּדָּיהָ‎ ‎יְרַוֻּךָ‎ Prov 5:19. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִרְוָה‎ Isa 55:10, suffix ‎הִרְוַנִי‎ Lam 3:15 2 masculine singular suffix ‎הִרְוִיתָ֑נִי‎ Isa 43:24 1 singular ‎הִרְוֵיתִי‎ Jer 31:25 Participle ‎מַרְוֶה‎ Prov 11:25 — saturate, water, with accusative ‎ארץ‎ Isa 55:10 (subject ‎שֶׁלֶג‎, ‎גֶּשֶׁם‎); cause to drink (figurative), with accusative of person etrei (‎לַעֲנָה‎) Lam 3:15 (|| ‎הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי‎); with accusative of person only (‎נֶפֶשׁ‎) Jer 31:25 (|| ‎מִלֵּאתִי‎), absolute Prov 11:25 of Israel satisfying ‎׳‎‎י‎, ‎חֵלֶב זְבָחִים‎ Isa 43:24. Hoph`al Imperfect ‎יוֺרֶא‎ (‎יָרְוֶה‎ ?) Prov 11:25 see Toy and ‎ירא‎ p. 432.

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