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# רָוָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7301

**be saturated** — used 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be saturated [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7301/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָוָה: vb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7301/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be saturated, drink one’s fill (NH in der. spec.; Arabic رَوِىَ; Ethiopic ረወየ: Aramaic רְוִי, ܪܘܳܐ );— Pf. 3 fs. consec. וְרָֽוְתָה מִדָּמָם Je 46:10, fig. of sword (‖ שָֽׂבְעָה, אָֽכְלָה); Impf. 3 mpl. יִרְוְיֻן כִ דֶּשֶׁן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ ψ 36:9 (Ges§ 75 u) fig. of men (‖ תַּשְׁקֵם); 1 pl. נִרְוֶה דֹדִים Pr 7:18 we will take our fill of love (‖ נִתְעַלְּסָה). Pf. 3 fs. רִוְּתָה Is 34:5, וְר׳ consec. v 7; 1 s. consec. וְרִוֵּיתִי Je 31:14; Impf. 1 s. sf. אֲרַיָּ֫וֶךְ Is 16:9 (read prob. אֲרַוַּ֫יִךְ MargolisAm. J. Sem. Lang., Oct. 1902, 48, vid. also Köi. 589 f.; \> אֲרַוָּ֫יֶךְ Sta§ 634 e Ges§ 75 dd); 3 mpl. sf. יְרַוֻּךָ Pr 5:19; Inf. abs. רַוֵּה ψ 65:11 (Ges§ 113 z);— intens. be intoxicated, drunk Is 34:5, fig. of sword; + מִדָּם v 7, of land (‖ יְדֻשָּׁ֑ן). causat., drench, water abundantly, c. acc. תְּלָמֶיהָ ψ 65:11; Is 16:9 c. acc. pers. + דִּמְעָתִי material; saturate (fig.), sate, ור׳ נֶפֶשׁ הַכֹּהֲנִים דָּ֑שֶׁן Je 31:14 (‖ שׂבע); sexually, דַּדֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּךָ Pr 5:19. Pf. 3 ms. הִרְוָה Is 55:10, sf. הִרְוַנִי La 3:15; 2 ms. sf. הִרְוִיתָ֑נִי Is 43:24; 1 s. הִרְוֵיתִי Je 31:25; Pt. מַרְוֶה Pr 11:25;—saturate, water, c. acc. ארץ Is 55:10 (subj. שֶׁלֶג, גֶּשֶׁם); cause to drink (fig.), c.acc. pers.etrei (לַעֲנָה) La 3:15 (‖ הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי); c. acc. pers. only (נֶפֶשׁ) Je 31:25 (‖ מִלֵּאתִי), abs. Pr 11:25; of Isr. satisfying י׳, חֵלֶב זְבָתִים Is 43:24. Impf. יוּרֶא (יָרְוֶה?) Pr 11:25 v. Toy and ירא p. 432.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I (1); I give water to (1); I will satisfy (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 11:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.25/#tree)

נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּרָכָ֥ה תְדֻשָּׁ֑ן וּ֝מַרְוֶ֗ה גַּם־ה֥וּא יוֹרֶֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.blessing he.will.be.made.fat and \[one.who\].gives.water also he he.will.be.watered

*JPS 1917:* The beneficent soul shall be made rich, and he that satisfieth abundantly shall be satisfied also himself.

[Lamentations 3:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.15/#tree)

הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* he has.surfeited.me with.(the) bitter things he has.made.me.drink wormwood

*JPS 1917:* He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7301.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7301/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).