pasturing
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.
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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.