וַ/יִּרְע֤וּ
𐤅/𐤉𐤓𐤏𐤅
Raah
and fed
To act as a shepherd, to tend, pasture, or care for a flock; by extension, to guide, lead, or rule over people (especially in a leadership or governance role); also to graze (of animals) or to be in the role of a provider. The verb is applied both literally to livestock and metaphorically to persons entrusted with leadership or oversight. The semantic range includes contexts of providing for, protecting, and guiding.
Ezekiel 34:8 · Word #25
Lexicon H7462
| Lemma | רָעָה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤓𐤏𐤄 |
| Transliteration | Raah |
| Strong's | H7462 |
| Definition | To act as a shepherd, to tend, pasture, or care for a flock; by extension, to guide, lead, or rule over people (especially in a leadership or governance role); also to graze (of animals) or to be in the role of a provider. The verb is applied both literally to livestock and metaphorically to persons entrusted with leadership or oversight. The semantic range includes contexts of providing for, protecting, and guiding. |
Morphology HC/Vqw3mp
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and fed |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7462-37
and they saw
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, sequential imperfect (wayyiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural. |
| Rendering Rationale | Qal sequential imperfect 3rd masculine plural expresses a simple past narrative action performed by a masculine plural subject. The rendering preserves the core visual-perceptual sense of ראה in its active form. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and they fed
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P1 incorrectly uses 'and they saw.' The Hebrew verb here is 'to tend/feed'; the context is about shepherds feeding the flock. |
| P1 Flag | wrong root/Strong's: 'ra'ah' (to shepherd/feed), not 'to see'. |