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# רֵעַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7454

**purpose** — used 2 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

purpose [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7454/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רֵעַ⁴: purpose, aim [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7454/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] purpose, aim;—sf. רֵעִי ψ 139:2 (of man), pl. sf. רֵעֶיךָ v 17 (of E†l).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (12 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: thought\[s\] (1); thoughts (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 139:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.17/#tree)

וְלִ֗י מַה־יָּקְר֣וּ רֵעֶ֣יךָ אֵ֑ל מֶ֥ה עָ֝צְמוּ רָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and to me how! they.are.precious thoughts your O.God how! they.are.vast sum(s) their

*JPS 1917:* How weighty also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

[Psalms 139:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.2/#tree)

אַתָּ֣ה יָ֭דַעְתָּ שִׁבְתִּ֣י וְקוּמִ֑י בַּ֥נְתָּה לְ֝רֵעִ֗י מֵרָחֽוֹק׃

*Word for word:* you you.know sitting my and standing my you.understand (to) thought\[s\] my from a.distance

*JPS 1917:* Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7454.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7454/): 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).