Lexical Summary raeb: hungry Original Word: רָעֵבTransliteration: raeb Phonetic Spelling: (raw-abe') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: hungry Meaning: hungry Strong's Concordance hunger bitten, hungry From ra'eb; hungry (more or less intensely) -- hunger bitten, hungry. see HEBREW ra'eb Brown-Driver-Briggs H7457. raeb רָעֵב adjective hungry; — absolute ׳ר 2 Samuel 17:29 +; feminine singular רְעֵבָה Psalm 107:9; Proverbs 27:7; masculine plural רְעֵבִים 1 Samuel 2:5 +; — hungry (sometimes + עָיֵף צָמֵא,), 2 Samuel 17:29; 2 Kings 7:12; Isaiah 8:21; Proverbs 25:21; Psalm 107:5; רְעֵבָה נֶפֶשׁ 107:9; Proverbs 27:7; as substantive singular a hungry man Isaiah 29:8; 32:6; 58:7, 10; Ezekiel 18:7, 16; Job 5:5 (BevJPhil. xxvi. 304 proposes רָעָב, compare Ezekiel 7:15) 22:7, plural 1 Samuel 2:5 (opposed to בַּלֶּחֶם שְׂבֵעִים), Job 24:10 ("" עָרוֺם), Psalm 107:36; 146:7; אֹנוֺ יְהִירָֿעֵב Job 18:12 (figurative) his strength grows hungry, i.e. fails (ᵑ9 Ew Di and others); ᵑ6 De Bu Du (reading אָוֶן) al. his trouble grows hungry (i.e. ravenous for him), but ׳ר never elsewhere in this sense. |
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