ra.ah describes keeping company with people or, in one animal scene, grazing together.

The dominant use depicts association or keeping company with people and with faithfulness: the Proverbs contrast such companionship with wisdom, fools, rage, and prostitutes, while Psalm 37:3 joins it to dwelling in the land. A separate occurrence describes the cow and bear grazing together.

1. Keeping company or associating · dominant

   In Proverbs 13:20, the active participle occurs in the contrast between walking with the wise and accompanying fools; the APB renders the latter clause “whoever accompanies fools will suffer evil.” Proverbs 22:24 prohibits this action with an angry man, Proverbs 28:7 links it with the vile, Proverbs 29:3 with prostitutes, and Psalm 37:3 places the imperative alongside dwelling in the land and faithfulness.

   Proverbs 13:20Proverbs 22:24Proverbs 28:7Proverbs 29:3Psalm 37:3
2. Grazing together · rare

   In Isaiah 11:7, the Qal imperfect feminine plural is used of the cow and bear in the clause that the APB renders “The cow and the bear shall graze together.” The following clauses continue the animal comparison by describing their young lying down together and the lion eating straw.

   Isaiah 11:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the people-oriented occurrences with “accompanies” or “keeps company with,” while Isaiah 11:7 uses “graze together.” These phrases show the verse-level presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.