rēʾû [SIPA : ] (n. ; st. constr. rēʾi)
[Professions]
1) a shepherd, herdsman (of sheep, cattle, donkeys, horses, pigs, : camels ,
: birds) ;
2) god, king : the shepherd / pastor of the people / the land / humanity ;
3) [SIPA.MUŠEN :
] : a bird ;
mār(at) rē ' û : a grasshopper ;
Cf. rē ' ītu, rē ' ûtu, rē ' i-alpūtu, re ' û
Variants : rā ' iu, rā ' û, rē ' ium, rēyû
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Proto-Semitic : *rāʿy
- Arabic : rāʿin راعٍ
- Syriac : rāʿyā ܪܳܥܝܳܐ
- Hebrew : rōʿe רוׂעֶ
- Ugaritic : rʿy
- Ge'ez : raʿāyi