re.eh denotes a person identified by a relationship of friendship, including a king's or family's friend.

The attested use identifies someone in a relationship of friendship: Hushai is identified in relation to David, Zabud in relation to the king, and Proverbs warns against abandoning one’s own friend or a father’s friend.

1. A person identified as another's friend · dominant

   The construct noun marks a friendship relationship with a named or implied person. In 2 Samuel 15:37 and 2 Samuel 16:16, the APB renders Hushai in relation to David as “the friend of David” and “David's friend”; in 1 Kings 4:5 it presents Zabud as “friend of the king.” Proverbs 27:10 applies the same relationship to “your friend” and “a friend of your father” in its warning not to forsake them.

   1 Kings 4:52 Samuel 15:372 Samuel 16:16Proverbs 27:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the relationship with “friend,” using both “friend of” and possessive wording such as “David's friend.” These phrasings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than establish separate meanings.