רַעְיָה
raya · companion
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7474 · appears 9 times in the Bible
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raya (רַעְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “companion”.
A woman who is close; the beloved calls his beloved this in the Song of Songs.
How to say it
ra·ya
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What the lover calls his beloved.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Song of Songs 1:9
To my mare among the chariots of Pharaoh I liken you, my companion.
- Song of Songs 1:15
Look, you are beautiful, my companion; look, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
- Song of Songs 2:2
Like a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the girls.
- Song of Songs 2:10
My beloved answered and said to me, “Arise, my companion, my beautiful one, and come away;
- Song of Songs 2:13
The fig tree has ripened its early figs, and the vines in blossom give fragrance. Arise, my companion, my beautiful one, and come away.”
- Song of Songs 4:1
Look, you are beautiful, my companion; look, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves behind your veil; your hair is like a flock of goats that ripple down from Mount Gilead.
- Song of Songs 4:7
You are all beautiful, my companion, and there is no defect in you.
- Song of Songs 5:2
I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved knocking! “Open to me, my sister, my companion, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is filled with dew, my curls with the drops of the night.”
- Song of Songs 6:4
Beautiful are you, my companion, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, fearsome as troops with banners.