Lexicon
מַרְעִית
mir.it
H4830
H:N-F Hebrew

pasturing

10
Occurrences
5
Books
Hebrew
Language

mir.it denotes pasture in shepherd-and-flock imagery, often describing the place or provision associated with God’s people.

The term consistently denotes pasture or the sphere of shepherding: it is linked with a flock and a divine possessor in several psalms and prophetic sayings, while other verses describe being satisfied there, finding it in barren places, or seeing it ruined.

Senses in use

  1. Pasture associated with a flock or shepherd · dominant

    All attested forms are feminine singular construct nouns. In Psalm 100:3, Psalm 74:1, Psalm 79:13, and Psalm 95:7, the term occurs in clauses identifying a people as a flock or people belonging to divine pasturing; the APB renders these clauses with “the flock of his pasturing” or “the people of his pasturing.” In Hosea 13:6 the APB describes those who were pastured and satisfied, while Jeremiah 25:36 presents the LORD as ruining “their pasture.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the construct phrase as “the flock of his pasturing” or “the people of his pasturing,” while Isaiah 49:9 uses “their pasturing” and Jeremiah 25:36 uses “their pasture.” These are renderings of the clauses rather than fixed English equivalents for the term.

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Across Scripture