Aramaic word · H7470

רְעוּ

kir'ut

pleasure

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

good pleasure, will

Aramaic of re.ut (רְעוּת "longing" H7469)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 2

  1. Ezra 5:17 וּרְע֥וּת and [the] will of

    Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

  2. Ezra 7:18 כִּרְע֥וּת according to [the] will of

    You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.

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