Lexical Definition

‎רָעֵב‎ râʻêb (raw-abe') be hungry ^H:V
a primitive root

(suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).

• to hunger

1) to be hungry, be voracious
1a) (Qal) to be hungry
1b) (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger

See Greek: πεινάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רָעֵב‎ verb be hungry (Late Hebrew id. Hiph`il and derivatives; Assyrian rûbatu, hunger; Arabic be roomy, voracious, desire vehemently; Ethiopic be hungry); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Isa 9:19*; Isa 44:12 3 plural ‎רָעֵ֑בוּ‎ Ps 34:11* Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִרְעַב‎ Isa 8:21, 1 plural ‎נִרְעַב‎ Jer 42:14, etc.; — be hungry Isa 8:21; Gen 41:55 (E; of land, = have famine), Jer 42:14 (‎לַלֶּחֶם‎), Isa 49:10 (|| ‎צמא‎), Isa 65:13 (|| id.; opposed to ‎אכל‎), Ps 50:12 if I should be hungry (of ‎׳‎‎י‎), Prov 6:30; Prov 19:15. Hiph`il allow one to hunger, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎: Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיַּרְעִבֶ֑ךָ‎ Deut 8:3 (opposed to ‎וַיַּאֲִ˜כלְךָ‎), ‎יַרְעִיב נֶפֶשׁ‎ Prov 10:3.

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