longing, striving

Aramaic equivalent: re.ut (רְעוּ "pleasure" H7470)

Root √רעה: רעה רְעָא רָצָה רְעוּתָא רַעֲיָנָא רַעֲיוֹנָא רעה רעה Syriac Arabic Syriac Arabic take pleasure desire desire opinion, thought, disposition watch, regard, respect observe, attend to tend sheep aim at, purpose Ho 12:2 (Aram.),(in). = Ar.[Heb.], whence Aram. and following late and Aram, words in Heb. cf. Nö ZMG liv (1900), 155; > De Siegf Qoh. 18 al. from I.2 b, cf. and Ar.(Lane) [Ba WU 46f. Kau Arimaismen 82f. derive foll. from I.=, specif. also]).

רְעוּת n.f longing striving .