{"def":{"short":"to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)","long":["to pasture, tend, graze, feed",["(Qal)",["to tend, pasture",["to shepherd","of ruler, teacher (figuratively)","of people as flock (figuratively)","shepherd, herdsman (subst)"],"to feed, graze",["of cows, sheep, etc (literally)","of idolater, Israel as flock (figuratively)"]],"(Hiphil) shepherd, shepherdess"],"to associate with, be a friend of (meaning probable)",["(Qal) to associate with","(Hithpael) to be companions"],"(Piel) to be a special friend"]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"rɔːˈʕɔː","ipa_mod":"ʁɑːˈʕɑː","sbl":"rāʿâ","dic":"raw-AW","dic_mod":"ra-AH"}}