Lexicon
רָוֶה
ra.veh
H7302
H:A Hebrew

watered

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ra.veh describes a watered or abundantly supplied condition, especially in garden comparisons.

The attested use chiefly occurs in comparisons of a garden supplied with water in Isaiah 58:11 and Jeremiah 31:12; Deuteronomy 29:18 places the feminine form in a warning concerning a root associated with poison and wormwood, where the translation does not isolate its contribution.

Senses in use

  1. Watered, abundantly supplied condition · dominant

    In Isaiah 58:11, the masculine singular adjective occurs in the comparison with a garden after the LORD satisfies the soul in parched places; the APB renders the image as “a well-watered garden.” In Jeremiah 31:12, the same form appears in the statement that the people's soul will be like a garden and will languish no more; the APB renders “a watered garden.” Deuteronomy 29:18 has the feminine singular form in the warning about a root bearing poison and wormwood, but the APB's whole-verse translation does not make this adjective's specific English contribution clear.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In the two garden comparisons, the APB uses “well-watered garden” and “watered garden.” In Deuteronomy 29:18, its translation of the warning about a poisonous root does not clearly identify a corresponding English expression.

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